Gender Based Cultural Values Analysis in the Former Communist Countries : How do Females Culturally Differ from Their Male Counter Parts?

• Autorzy: Habete G. Woldu , Jacenta Lucewicz
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Using an empirical analysis based on a survey gathered from Ex-communist countries, this study examines the cultural value systems of employees working in major industrial and commercial centres by focusing on female respondents. The study tests a series of hypotheses based on a central theme that assumes that the communist ideology whose theoretical foundation is egalitarian societies will create uniform cultural patterns manifested by both male and female in all studied countries. The study found two important observations: there are cultural dimensions in which the female respondents clearly differ from their male counterparts and there is more cultural homogenity among females than males. Nevertheless, the study also found that there are visible cultural patterns appearing between Central East European countries of Czech Republic, DDR and Poland on one hand and Russia and Uzbekistan on the other. It then discusses how the outcomes of the study impact business management styles in diverse socio-economic and cultural background. (original abstract)

Opierając się na analizie empirycznej popartej badaniami zebranymi z krajów postkomunistycznych, praca bada kulturowe systemy wartości pracowników zatrudnionych w głównych centrach przemysłowych i komercyjnych, na podstawie opinii respondentów (kobiet). Praca ta zawiera serię hipotez dotyczących głównego tematu, który podsumowuje, że ideologia komunistyczna, której tematyczną podstawą jest społeczeństwo egalitarne, stworzy jednolite wzorce kulturowe manifestowane przez mężczyzn i kobiety we wszystkich badanych krajach. W artykule omówione są dwie zaobserwowane prawidłowości: w wymiarze kulturalnym respondentyki-kobiety opowiadają się w większości za odrębnością od ich męskich odpowiedników, oraz że wśród kobiet jest więcej kulturalnej jednorodności niż wśród mężczyzn. W artykule omówione są również wzorce kulturowe obecne w krajach centralnej i wschodniej Europy: Republika Czeska, Niemcy, Polska z jednej strony oraz Rosja i Uzbekistan z drugiej strony. Referat kończy omówienie wpływu jaki na wyniki pracy mają style zarządzania biznesem w zależności od położenia socjoekonomicznego i kulturowego

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Employees in enterprise; Employee behaviours; Culture of enterprise; Value system; Post-communist countries; Literature review; Conference materials

PL

Pracownicy w przedsiębiorstwie; Zachowania pracownika; Kultura przedsiębiorstwa; System wartości; Kraje postkomunistyczne; Przegląd literatury; Materiały konferencyjne

• Czasopismo: Prace Naukowe Akademii Ekonomicznej we Wrocławiu
• Rocznik: 2001
• Numer: nr 916, t. 2 Zmiana warunkiem sukcesu : transformacja przedsiębiorstw - problemy, metody, efekty
• Strony: 295--313

Twórcy

autor

Habete G. Woldu

autor

Jacenta Lucewicz

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