Managerial Culture and Work-related Values in India

Abstract

Replication studies using Hofstede's Values Survey Module (VSM) show that scores on the four dimensions of culture tend to vary considerably for different samples. The present research studied the Indian managerial culture based upon a sample of 176 managers from 56 organizations and analysed variations in scores due to age, education and the nature of job, etc. The results show that considering the effective range of the scales, the Indian managers' scores are low on all four dimensions. Results also show that cultural scores tend to vary selectively with age, education, nature of job and economic sector. Variations in power distance were related to preferred and perceived style of the superior, in uncertainty avoidance to stress at work and employment stability, in individualism to the importance of cooperative colleagues and desirable area for living, and in masculinity to cooperative colleagues, and opportunities for earning and advancement. Finally, the results show that different dimensions have varying degrees of stability.