@article{7ab8de5b10ed4397b52d5ec810d09083,
title = "The Impact of Societal Culture on the Use of Performance Strategies in East Asia: Evidence from a comparative survey",
abstract = "The role of societal culture affecting bureaucratic processes is often suspected and asserted, but seldom researched in comparative ways. This article provides a general framework and systematic, comparative evidence showing societal values permeating organizational practices relating to performance. This study examines effects of work ethic, group belonging, and followership in a survey of public managers in South Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, Malaysia, India, and the United States. Results show (i) culture having foremost indirect effects on performance strategy and (ii) culture being as relevant an explanatory factor as HRM or leadership, when both direct and indirect effects of culture are considered. A key study implication is that researchers should not ignore societal culture in decisions surrounding the selection and implementation of management efforts and conditions that shape performance practice in organizations. This study contributes by providing a framework and evidence showing how culture's effects on performance occur.",
keywords = "Asia, Performance, culture, public management",
author = "Evan Berman and Meghna Sabharwal and Wang, {Chun Yuan} and Jonathan West and Yijia Jing and Jan, {Chung Yuang} and Wei Liu and Alex Brillantes and Chen, {Chung An} and Ricardo Gomes",
note = "Funding Information: Department of Police Administration Central Police University Taiwan E-mail: g885422@seed.net.tw Jonathan West Department of Political Science University of Miami Coral Gables, FL USA E-mail: jwest@miami.edu Yijia Jing School of International Relations and Public Affairs Fudan University Shanghai People{\textquoteright}s Republic of China E-mail: jingyj@fudan.edu.cn Chung-Yuang Jan Department of Public Administration National Chengchi University Taiwan E-mail: cychan@nccu.edu.tw Wei Liu School of Public Administration Renmin University Beijing People{\textquoteright}s Republic of China E-mail: liuwei@mparuc.edu.cn Alex Brillantes National College of Public Administration and Governance University of The Philippines Philippines E-mail: abbrillantes@gmail.com Chung-An Chen Public Policy and Global Affairs Programme Nanyang Technological University Singapore E-mail: cchongan@gmail.com Ricardo Gomes Departamento de Administra{\c c}{\~a}o Universidade de Bras{\'i}lia Bras{\'i}lia Brazil E-mail: gomesric.rg@gmail.com",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1080/14719037.2013.816522",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "15",
pages = "1065--1089",
journal = "Public Management Review",
issn = "1471-9037",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "8",
}