The globalization of operations in Eastern and Western countries: Unpacking the relationship between national and organizational culture and its impact on manufacturing performance

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-205

  Naor, Michael ^a   Linderman, Kevin ^b   Schroeder, Roger ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence divergence; Country development; GLOBE; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Manufacturing performance; National and organizational culture

Indexed keywords

BREAK DOWN; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; FINLAND; GERMANY; HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODELING; MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING PLANT; NATIONAL CULTURES; NATIONAL LEVEL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; SOUTH KOREA; THREE DIMENSIONS; WESTERN COUNTRIES;

COMPETITION;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 77949915806     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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