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A Cross-Cultural Study of Leadership Attitudes in Three Baltic Sea Region Countries. Dr.Audra I.Mockaitis Vilnius University Department of Marketing Email: Audra.I-Mockaitis @ef.vu.lt. Laura Šalčiuvienė Kaunas University of Technology Department of Marketing
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A Cross-Cultural Study of Leadership Attitudes in Three Baltic Sea Region Countries Dr.Audra I.Mockaitis Vilnius University Department of Marketing Email: Audra.I-Mockaitis@ef.vu.lt Laura Šalčiuvienė Kaunas University of Technology Department of Marketing Email: Laura.Salciuviene@ktu.lt
Aims of the Study • Comparison of leadership attitudes in Lithuania, Estonia and Poland • Aspects: Supervision and Control, View toward Authority, Commitment, Conflict Avoidance, Decision Making, Leadership Styles and Initiative • Question: Are there differences in attitudes among respondents in three seemingly ‘close’ countries? • The relationship between national cultural values and leadership dimensions • Question: Do cultural values influence attitudes toward leadership in these countries? If yes, to what extent?
Methodology • Cross-cultural methodology ‘rules’: • Sampling strategy • Etic dimensions • Reliability analysis • Isolation of variables • Variables • Independent: Hofstede’s cultural dimensions • Dependent: Leadership dimensions (22 items on 10 dimensions)
Results ***, p<.001 **, p=.001 *, p<.01
Conclusions • Culture matters even in apparently ‘similar’ countries • Culture is the main explanatory factor for attitudes • Hofstede’s dimensions are useful for predicting attitudinal differences and similarities