Cross‐Cultural Role Expectations in Nine European Country‐Units of A Multinational Enterprise
分析了跨国企业九个欧洲国家单元中104名员工对管理者和员工角色的期望，发现不同国家单元间存在显著差异，且管理者和员工的期望也不同。
The study analyses role expectations of 104 staff from nine European country‐units within a multinational enterprise (MNE). Questions were administered to a sample of staff to elicit data on managers’ and employees’ expectations about managerial and employee roles. Following a categorization of reports and statistical analyses within and between country‐units (i.e. subsidiaries and headquarters offices), results offer substantial evidence of differential patterns of role expectations across country‐units, suggesting influences of local cultures and other societal forces. Significant differences were also found between managers and employees independent of country‐office for expectations about the managerial and employee roles. Implications for research and practice are presented and future research directions are suggested.