A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON MANIFEST PREFERENCES IN SIX CULTURES FOR PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT.
Abstract
A total of 459 managers completed EXERCISE SUPERVISION. Each manager role-played the position of a supervisor or a subordinate. Each subordinate met with each of three kinds of supervisors, coercive-authoritarian, persuasive, or participative. Each supervisor met with each of three kinds of subordinates; highly involved, moderately involved, or uninvolved. The reported satisfaction of supervisors following meetings with the different kinds of subordinates varied as a function of culture. At one extreme only 14.3% of British or Americans were most satisfied with the uninvolved subordinate. At the other extreme, 53.3% of Indians preferred this subordinate. At the same time, 62.5% of the Flemish and Dutch preferred participative supervisors while only 22.2% of the Greeks preferred such supervision. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0675786
Entities
People
- Bernard M. Bass
Organizations
- University of Rochester