Culture, Context and Structure: A Test on Hong Kong Banks
研究了39家在香港运营的跨国银行，发现企业规模与结构分化关联更强，而权力距离文化与权威结构关联更强，有助于解释以往研究的不一致结论。
This research examined both context and home society culture as predictors of organizational structure in 39 multinational banks operating in Hong Kong. Organizational structure and context were operationalized using the Aston instru ments and culture was operationalized using Hofstede's measures of power dis tance and uncertainty avoidance. The results showed that the contextual variable of size was more strongly associated with structural differentiation while the cultural variable of power distance was more strongly associated with authority. These findings help explain the inconsistent relationships reported in previous studies.