Cooperation across cultures: An examination of the concept in 16 countries

Karen Moustafa Leonard; Christopher Cosans; Fatma Pakdil; Fran Brew; Betania Tanure; Vilma Coutina-Hill; Ben Kuo; Catherine T Kwantes; Jose Rojas-Mendez; Tae-Yeol Kim; Annamaria Lammel; Stefan Schmid; B N Srivastava; Bernadette Setiadi; Tim Keeley; Gene Surkiene; Aizzat Hj Mohd Nasurdin; Audra Irene Mockaitis; Mikal Nowak; Sang-Pyo Kim; Mansoo Shin; Fu-Sheng Tsai; Ling Ling Wu; Asuman Akdogan; Ezel Esatoglu; Murat Gumus; Mustafa Koyuncu; M Kemal Oktem; Deniz Tasci; Nuray Tokgoz; Darwish A Yousef; Laura Salciuviene; Suzana B Rodrigues; Nadine Jbeily Chamseddine; David L Ford; Ujvala Rajadhyaksha; Olga Soler

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.03.006

Cooperation across cultures: An examination of the concept in 16 countries

Karen Moustafa Leonard, Christopher Cosans, Fatma Pakdil, Fran Brew, Betania Tanure, Vilma Coutina-Hill, Ben Kuo, Catherine T Kwantes, Jose Rojas-Mendez, Tae-Yeol Kim, Annamaria Lammel, Stefan Schmid, B N Srivastava, Bernadette Setiadi, Tim Keeley, Gene Surkiene, Aizzat Hj Mohd Nasurdin, Audra Irene Mockaitis, Mikal Nowak, Sang-Pyo KimMansoo Shin, Fu-Sheng Tsai, Ling Ling Wu, Asuman Akdogan, Ezel Esatoglu, Murat Gumus, Mustafa Koyuncu, M Kemal Oktem, Deniz Tasci, Nuray Tokgoz, Darwish A Yousef, Laura Salciuviene, Suzana B Rodrigues, Nadine Jbeily Chamseddine, David L Ford, Ujvala Rajadhyaksha, Olga Soler

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Abstract

Businesses are coordinated organizations, and cooperation among employees reduces overall organizational costs. Understanding how important cooperation is among different cultures is important, as business becomes increasingly global. However, cross-cultural literature on cooperation deals with firm alliances, joint ventures, and other firm interrelationships, but not on societal differences in cooperation. Is cooperation similar across cultures? Using proxies, this study sought to operationalize cooperation and examine its underpinnings in countries, using the cultural dimensions of individualism and power distance. Although the initial hypotheses stated that cooperation would look different across these dimensions, the international set of 6452 respondents showed that the overwhelming majority had a similar view of cooperation. The study adds to our understanding of cooperation in different societies and contexts, and suggests that there may be a universal view of cooperation across cultures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	238 - 247
Number of pages	10
Journal	International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Volume	36
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.03.006
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Leonard, K. M., Cosans, C., Pakdil, F., Brew, F., Tanure, B., Coutina-Hill, V., Kuo, B., Kwantes, C. T., Rojas-Mendez, J., Kim, T-Y., Lammel, A., Schmid, S., Srivastava, B. N., Setiadi, B., Keeley, T., Surkiene, G., Nasurdin, A. H. M., Mockaitis, A. I., Nowak, M., ... Soler, O. (2012). Cooperation across cultures: An examination of the concept in 16 countries. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 36(2), 238 - 247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.03.006

Leonard, Karen Moustafa ; Cosans, Christopher ; Pakdil, Fatma ; Brew, Fran ; Tanure, Betania ; Coutina-Hill, Vilma ; Kuo, Ben ; Kwantes, Catherine T ; Rojas-Mendez, Jose ; Kim, Tae-Yeol ; Lammel, Annamaria ; Schmid, Stefan ; Srivastava, B N ; Setiadi, Bernadette ; Keeley, Tim ; Surkiene, Gene ; Nasurdin, Aizzat Hj Mohd ; Mockaitis, Audra Irene ; Nowak, Mikal ; Kim, Sang-Pyo ; Shin, Mansoo ; Tsai, Fu-Sheng ; Wu, Ling Ling ; Akdogan, Asuman ; Esatoglu, Ezel ; Gumus, Murat ; Koyuncu, Mustafa ; Oktem, M Kemal ; Tasci, Deniz ; Tokgoz, Nuray ; Yousef, Darwish A ; Salciuviene, Laura ; Rodrigues, Suzana B ; Chamseddine, Nadine Jbeily ; Ford, David L ; Rajadhyaksha, Ujvala ; Soler, Olga. / Cooperation across cultures: An examination of the concept in 16 countries. In: International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 2012 ; Vol. 36, No. 2. pp. 238 - 247.

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