The Influence of National Culture on Differences in Organizational Culture Values
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2015-09-23
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Recent research suggests that certain life-altering events, such as relocation, may cause an
individual‘s personal values to adapt to match those of the new situation or local culture. This
thesis was designed to provide a theoretical argument and empirical support for the hypothesis
that following relocation, the values an individual considers most attractive in an organization
will match those values common in the expatriate‘s host country, rather than home country. A
secondary goal of this thesis was to provide cross-cultural validation of the LOCS. Several of the
shortened LOCS dimensions were found to be replicable across cultures, though others produced
inconsistent factor loadings. As a whole, the shortened LOCS predicted job satisfaction and
subjective fit, but not active job search behaviors. No pattern of significant differences was found
between expatriates‘ ideal, current, host, and home country values, though moderation analyses
suggest this effect may not be as direct as hypothesized.
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Psychology--Industrial
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Chapin, M. (2015). The Influence of National Culture on Differences in Organizational Culture Values (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28215