Una lectura vertical de la investigación transcultural sobre dirección de empresael caso español

  1. Prieto Zamora, José María
  2. O'Connell, J.
Journal:
Revista de psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones = Journal of work and organizational psychology

ISSN: 1576-5962

Year of publication: 1998

Volume: 14

Issue: 1

Pages: 51-64

Type: Article

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Abstract

This paper examines the influence of Spanish cultures on cross-cultural management researchcarried out from 1966 to 1995. Eleven surveys have been reviewed in order to find specificinsight into managerial culture in Spain. This is not a thorough cross-cultural study of corpora te management, but a bibliographic review, what we call «upright reading of cross-culturalmanagerial research».Managerial culture in Spain appears to stress the following traits: broad power distance, uncer-tainty avoidance, individualistic approach, and femininity (sensitive attitudes). Cross-cultural comparison gives the opportunity to produce regional clusters relevant to the study of cultures.Research to date shows that Iberian, Latin European, and Hispanic clusters make possible adistinction of the Spanish managers' reference groups on most items from other clusters suchas Northern European, Asian and Anglo American.

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