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| Author: | Perlow, L. Weeks, J. |
| Title: | Who's helping whom? Layers of culture and workplace behavior |
| Journal: | Journal of Organizational Behavior
2002 : JUN, VOL. 23, p. 345-362 |
| Index terms: | WORKING CONDITIONS ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR ANALYTICAL REVIEW HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper describes an in-depth, qualitative exploration of helping behavior among software engineers doing the same type of work in the U.S. and India. Consistent with research describing American culture as more individualist and Indian culture as more collectivist, the authors find that engineers at the American site provide help only to those from whom they expect to need help in the future, whereas engineers at the Indian site are more willing to help whoever needs help. However, the authors further find that the differences are not due to the influence of individualistic or collectivist norms per se but rather to the ways in which helping is framed in the two contexts. |
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