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Evidence for crossvergence in the perception of task and contextual performance : a study of western expatriates working in Thailand

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posted on 2004-01-01, 00:00 authored by G Fisher, Charmine Hartel
The applicability of the Western model of task and contextual performance to the context of Thai and Western managers, professionals and consultants working together in Thailand is addressed in this research. The results show a clear difference in the factor structure of how Western and Thai managers perceive the importance of performance factors. Moreover, the task and contextual factor structure found for Western managers working in a Western culture did not hold for Westerners working within the Thai cultural environment. These findings provide evidence of adaptation by the Westerner to the Thai cultural environment, supporting the notion of crossvergence.

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Journal

Cross cultural management

Volume

11

Pagination

3 - 15

Location

West Yorkshire, England

ISSN

1352-7606

eISSN

1758-6089

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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