Students' Cultural Background as a Determinant of Various Categories of Social Behaviour

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 267
Author(s):  
Amel Alić ◽  
Haris Cerić ◽  
Sedin Habibović
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Linear Relation ◽  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
School Management ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
National Cultures ◽  
School Activities

The aim of this research was to assess in which way the cultural background of students should be taken into account working with students as well as the adjustments of school activities by the school management, and what differences are possible to be noticed in regard to their cultural background. The empiric part of the research covered the sample of students of United World College in Mostar, comprising of 124 examinees coming from total of 47 different countries, but wider part of the research covered and comparisons with 67 students of Gymnasia Mostar, in total, the sample consisting of 191 examinees. In this piece of work, only the results considering the characteristics of students of United World College Mostar. Employing of Hofstede's operationalization’s of national cultures, the students have been, in respect to culture they come from, grouped according to established dimensions: Individualism – Collectivism, Power Distance index, Uncertainty Avoidance index and Masculinity vs. Femininity. Within separate dimensions the comparisons have been carried out regarding to the level of expressed social distance toward the others, level of empathy, intercultural sensibility, locus of control and the assertion of parental control and emotionality dimension. Using t-test, and descriptive statistics, differences between the students have been stated regarding to considered criteria variables, while Pearson's correlation coefficient was used for variable being in linear relation.

scholarly journals The Comparative Study of Cultural Differences of Slovak Inbound Tourists: A Need of Innovations

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (36) ◽  
pp. 373-383
Author(s):  
Iveta Fodranová ◽  
Viera Kubičková
Keyword(s):  
Power Distance ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
National Cultures ◽  
Linguistic Group ◽  
Slovak Population ◽  
Efficient Communication ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
The Comparative Study

Abstract The aim of this article was to identify the cause of the negative attitude of Slovak population towards visitors by comparing the differences in national cultures on six primary Hofstede’s dimensions: power distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long-term orientation and indulgence and provide comparison with Slovakia. The results revealed high score on power distance and masculinity. The high score of this two dimensions′ correlates with elements of expressions of superiority and negatively affects not only the way of communication between people from the same cultural and linguistic group, but also with individuals that come from a different cultural environment. Based on these results, it is necessary to develop a smarter marketing approach - strive for innovation and unique marketing activities for a more efficient communication.

scholarly journals Dimensions of national cultures and organisational behaviour

Kultura ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 323-345
Author(s):  
Gordana Đuretić ◽  
Nevena Krasulja
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Climate ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
National Cultures ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behaviour ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Organisational Behaviour ◽  
Main Support ◽  
Very High

The main goal of this paper is to point out that the dimensions of national cultures have a huge impact on different aspects of organisational behaviour. The main support in the work is Hofstede's five-dimensional cultural model. The authors pay special attention to the dimensions of power distance and uncertainty avoidance. When both of indexes are high at the level of national culture, organizational climate will have some special features such as high hierarchical pyramids, centralised decision making, and autocratic behaviour of managers, negative attitudes towards work, stress and lack of entrepreneurial behaviour. Also, special interest in this topic results from the fact that both of these dimensions in Serbia are very high.

scholarly journals School Management Committee Monitoring Skills and Performance of Government Aided Muslim Founded Primary Schools in Uganda: A Case of Bugisu Muslim District Council

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Habiba Namagembe ◽  
Christopher Samuel Mayanja ◽  
Rashid Kinsambwe
Keyword(s):  
Adult Literacy ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
School Management ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
School Activities ◽  
The Government

The performance of Muslim Founded educational institutions has picked a lot of interest globally over the years. The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council established structures at different levels of administration to participate in the monitoring of Muslim-founded Schools. This study premised on Osborne and Gaebler's (1992) constructs of monitoring, aimed at investigating how monitoring skills of the foundation body representatives on the School Management Committees contribute to the performance of Government Aided Muslim Founded Primary Schools in Uganda, taking a case of the BMDC. A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was adopted for this study, with quantitative and qualitative data approaches, while multivariable linear regression was used to obtain the magnitude of the contribution of SMC monitoring skills to the performance of the primary schools under BMDC. The study revealed that monitoring skills have a positive correlation with the performance of the Government Aided Muslim Founded Primary Schools, though, the correlation is moderate. The moderate correlation is caused by insufficient monitoring skills exhibited by the foundation body representatives in areas such as the development of performance indicators, collection of relevant data during monitoring, designing of monitoring tools, and usage of appropriate methods during monitoring. The study, therefore, concluded that such insufficient monitoring skills have hindered them to adequately monitor which has partly affected the performance of the schools. It is as such recommended that BMDC needs to incorporate specific non-financial empowerment capacity-building components into school activities tailored to train the members on the SMC in aspects of monitoring and evaluation, adult literacy, and financial literacy for improved skills, knowledge, and leadership.

ERP Promises in the United Arab Emirates Educational Sector

2013 ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
Rima Shishakly
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
School Management ◽  
Complete Analysis ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Educational Management ◽  
School Activities

Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is one of the major IT innovations in this decade. ERP solutions seek to integrate and modernize business processes and their associated information and work flows. Nonetheless, ERP usage in educational management is still new. Educational institutions for various appropriate factors have begun to implement this technology. The school ERP enterprise solution system offers complete school management software, which covers all the functions related to the smooth functioning of school activities. This chapter provides a complete analysis of ERP solutions in the educational sectors and focuses on ERP usage and utilization in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) public (government) schools.

On the Need to Include National Culture as a Central Issue in E-Commerce Trust Beliefs

2009 ◽  
pp. 384-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Gefen ◽  
Tsipi Heart
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Central Issue ◽  
National Cultures ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Trust Beliefs ◽  
International Phenomenon ◽  
The U.S

Trust and trust beliefs (trustworthiness) are key to e-commerce success but depend, to a large extent, on culture. With e-commerce being an international phenomenon, understanding the cross-cultural aspects of trust creation is therefore arguably required although mostly ignored by current research which deals almost exclusively with the U.S. This exploratory study examines whether definitions of trust beliefs as conceptualized and verified in the U.S. apply in Israel which differs markedly in individualism, uncertainty avoidance, and power distance. The data, crossvalidating the scale of trust and its antecedents in both cultures, generally support the proposition that trust beliefs apply across cultures, and may be a relatively unvarying aspect of e-commerce. However, as expected, the effects of predictability and familiarity on trust beliefs may differ across national cultures. Implications about the need to include national culture in the research on trust, in general, and in e-commerce in particular, are discussed.

How do national cultures impact the operations strategy process?

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 1937-1963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila Lee Park ◽  
Ely Laureano Paiva
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Functional Integration ◽  
Uncertainty Avoidance ◽  
Operations Strategy ◽  
Manufacturing Strategy ◽  
National Cultures ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cultural Aspects

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the extent to which different patterns of cross-functional integration and the operations strategy (OS) process may be explained by national cultures differences.Design/methodology/approachPerceptual survey data from 105 manufacturing plants in four countries were used to validate the constructs and to test the hypotheses. The plants are located in two Western and two Eastern countries with different industrialization and development backgrounds (Brazil, China, Germany and South Korea). CFA validated the constructs, and ANOVA andt-tests evaluated the differences between levels of four Hofstede’s elements (i.e. power distance, individualism vs collectivism, uncertainty avoidance and long-term vs short-term orientation) on the OS process enablers (i.e. leadership for cross-functional integration and functional integration) and elements (i.e. manufacturing strategy linkage to corporate strategy and formulation of manufacturing strategy).FindingsResults suggest that different OS and OM processes are present in different national cultures. Leadership for cross-functional integration and manufacturing strategy linkage to corporate strategy differ between levels of power distance, individualism vs collectivism and uncertainty avoidance. Functional integration and formulation of manufacturing strategy also present differences according to the degree of individualism vs collectivism and long-term orientation.Originality/valueResults indicate that national culture is a key aspect for the OS process. Prior studies usually do not consider cultural aspects. Therefore, the OS process varies in different countries and contexts. Managers need to adjust their OS process when they are developing a global OS.

Perception of Personality and Social Behaviour in Different Racial Groups by Black and White University Students

1984 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.J.A. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Group Rating

One hundred and eighty-six white and 225 black first-year psychology students at the universities of Rhodes and Fort Hare completed a modified form of Wrightsman's Philosophy of Human Nature scale as a measure of perception of one of five race groups. Black respondents perceived their own group as more Trustworthy, Conventionally Good and Variable and as more Altruistic (male respondents only). Blacks were most Cynical about the white group and rated them lower than blacks or coloureds on Trustworthiness and on Altruism. Unexpectedly, white respondents had a relatively unfavourable perception of their own group, rating it lower than other groups on Trustworthiness, Altruism (female respondents only) and Conventional Goodness and having the highest Cynicism scores for their own group. Whites perceived indians particularly favourably, rating them high on Trustworthiness, Altruism, Conventional Goodness, Independence and Strength of Will/Rationality, and being least Cynical about them. Whites rated blacks low on Strength of Will/Rationality which was interpreted to mean that blacks were perceived to have low internal locus of control (a perception not shared by the black respondents themselves).

Hofstede's Measures of National Culture and Social Progress

2003 ◽  
Vol 92 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1199-1202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Basu Sharma
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
National Cultures ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Weighted Index ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

Using measures of national cultures published by Hofstede in 1991, this study examined their effects on the weighted index of social progress of 50 countries around the world. Empirical findings indicated that individualism was negatively associated, while power distance was positively associated with the social progress of nations.

Intercorrelations among Repression-Sensitization, Extroversion, Neuroticism, Social Desirability, and Locus of Control

1972 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 925-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence D. Shriberg
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Undergraduate Women

Descriptive statistics for 70 undergraduate women on 5 personality scales are given. Intercorrelations among scales varied from –.13 to .81 but were predominantly small and nonsignificant.

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