Culture, participative decision making and job satisfaction

van der Westhuizen, De Wet; Pacheco, Gail; Webber, Don J.

Abstract

This study explores the impact of culture on participatory decision making (PDM) and job satisfaction (JS) using data obtained from the European Values Study (EVS). We parameterise two different cultural variables using principal components analysis: first a continuum based on survival versus self-expression values and second a continuum based on traditional versus secular-rational values. Application of ordered logistic regression to Likert scales of PDM and JS suggests that greater self-expression in the survival versus self-expression variable enhances both PDM and JS; and more traditional values in the traditional versus secular-rational continuum have the same effect. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Citation

van der Westhuizen, D. W., Pacheco, G., & Webber, D. J. (2012). Culture, participative decision making and job satisfaction. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 23(13), 2661-2679. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.625967

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jul 1, 2012
• Journal: International Journal of Human Resource Management
• Print ISSN: 0958-5192
• Electronic ISSN: 1466-4399
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 13
• Pages: 2661-2679
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.625967
• Keywords: job satisfaction, participatory decision making, culture
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/956632
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.625967