Cross-cultural variations in climate for autonomy, stress and organizational productivity relationships: a comparison of Chinese and UK manufacturing organizations

Hirst, G., Budhwar, P., Cooper, B.K., West, M., Long, C., Chongyuan, X. and Shipton, H. ORCID: 0000-0003-4006-7923, 2008. Cross-cultural variations in climate for autonomy, stress and organizational productivity relationships: a comparison of Chinese and UK manufacturing organizations. Journal of International Business Studies, 39 (8), pp. 1343-1358. ISSN 0047-2506

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of International Business Studies
Creators:	Hirst, G., Budhwar, P., Cooper, B.K., West, M., Long, C., Chongyuan, X. and Shipton, H.
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Date:	2008
Volume:	39
Number:	8
ISSN:	0047-2506
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1057/jibs.2008.50 DOI
Rights:	© 2008 Academy of International Business. All rights reserved.
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	EPrints Services
Date Added:	09 Oct 2015 10:14
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2017 13:22
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/9766

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