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Published in: Public Organization Review 3/2020

31-08-2019

The Organisational Culture of Vietnamese and Chinese Corporations: Do Age and Gender Make a Difference?

Author: Quan H. N. Tran

Published in: Public Organization Review | Issue 3/2020

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Abstract

Globalisation has developed the requirement for superiors to manage worldwide organisations across cultures successfully. Comprehending and setting up proper organisational cultures for corporations are urgent tasks for international leaders and managers. This research attempts to explore the organisational culture in Vietnam and China in terms of task and relationship orientations. Since the total sample of 498 respondents including 276 respondents from Vietnam and 222 respondents from China, it confirms that Vietnamese respondents are more task-oriented and relationship-oriented than Chinese respondents. Gender and age are not a factor in either the relationship-oriented or task-oriented styles of both respondents. Practical implications, limitations and recommendations for further studies are included in this study.

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Metadata
Title
The Organisational Culture of Vietnamese and Chinese Corporations: Do Age and Gender Make a Difference?
Author
Quan H. N. Tran
Publication date
31-08-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Public Organization Review / Issue 3/2020
Print ISSN: 1566-7170
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7098
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-019-00458-0

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