TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-cultural variations in climate for autonomy, stress and organizational productivity relationships
T2 - A comparison of Chinese and UK manufacturing organizations
AU - Hirst, Giles
AU - Budhwar, Pawan
AU - Cooper, Brian K.
AU - West, Michael
AU - Long, Chen
AU - Chongyuan, Xu
AU - Shipton, Helen
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - Cross-cultural researchers have questioned the extent to which European–American management practices can be transported to major markets in Asia, such as the People's Republic of China. Applying employee involvement theory, we examined the relationships between climate for autonomy, work demands climate, employee stress and organizational productivity in a cross-national study of 51 UK and 104 Chinese manufacturing organizations. We predicted and found that climate for autonomy was positively and negatively related to stress in the Chinese and UK contexts, respectively. The interaction of climate for autonomy and work demands climate was significant: climate for autonomy was positively related to organizational productivity only when work demands climate was low.
AB - Cross-cultural researchers have questioned the extent to which European–American management practices can be transported to major markets in Asia, such as the People's Republic of China. Applying employee involvement theory, we examined the relationships between climate for autonomy, work demands climate, employee stress and organizational productivity in a cross-national study of 51 UK and 104 Chinese manufacturing organizations. We predicted and found that climate for autonomy was positively and negatively related to stress in the Chinese and UK contexts, respectively. The interaction of climate for autonomy and work demands climate was significant: climate for autonomy was positively related to organizational productivity only when work demands climate was low.
KW - cross-cultural research/measurement issues
KW - Asia
KW - multilevel analysis
KW - productivity
KW - organizational climate
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=56749121936&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v39/n8/abs/jibs200850a.html
U2 - 10.1057/jibs.2008.50
DO - 10.1057/jibs.2008.50
M3 - Article
SN - 0047-2506
VL - 39
SP - 1343
EP - 1358
JO - Journal of International Business Studies
JF - Journal of International Business Studies
IS - 8
ER -