【Topic】The influence of cultural values on work behavior: why and how individual power distance belief matters

【Speaker】Jiing-Lih (Larry) Farh, Chair Professor of Management in the Department of Management of Organizations at the School of Business andManagement, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

【Time】2008-4-24 9:00-10:30

【Venue】Room 501, Weilun Building, Tsinghua SEM

【Language】Chinese/English

【Organizer】Department of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior

【Target Audience】faculty, students

【Background Information】

Jiing-Lih (Larry) Farh, Chair Professor of Management in the Department of Management of Organizations at the School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Abstract:

There has been a lot of research on individualism/collectivism in the cross-cultural management literature, but much less research attention has been directed to power distance.Part of this trend occurs because academic research is dominated by North America-based scholars whose ideology is very much against the concept of power differentiation.In my talk I will discuss that recent research in Greater China region and around the world has shown that individual differences in power distance belief plays a critical role in understanding individual responses to a variety of work contexts (such as leadership, organizational climate, perceived organizational support, and organizational justice).