COMPARING THE PREDICTIVE POWER OF NATIONAL CULTURAL DISTANCE MEASURES: HOFSTEDE VERSUS PROJECT GLOBE

Authors

Kyetaik Oh, Hanyang University, Seoul
Jenna R. Pieper, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Barry Gerhart, University of Wisconsin—Madison

Date of this Version

8-2010

Citation

ACAD MANAGE PROC (August 1, 2010) 2010:1, 1-6

Comments

Best Paper Proceedings of the Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (CD), ISSN 1543-8643.

Abstract

This study compares national cultural distance (NCD) measures based on Hofstede and Project GLOBE to determine their relative ability to predict organizational commitment (OC) and workplace cultural distance (WCD). We also examine whether the influence of NCD on OC is mediated by WCD.