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A linguistic-based measure of cultural distance and its relationship to managerial values (1).
Management International Review, July, 2004 by Graham, John L.
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Abstract * Measuring culture is a central issue in international management research and is traditionally accomplished using indices of cultural values. Herein we present a new linguistic-based measure of cultural distance (based on linguistic genealogical classification) that is both more fundamental and more widely applicable than values surveys.
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Key Results * We then use structural equation modeling techniques to show links to the cultural values dimensions delineated by Hofstede (1980). We also demonstrate relationships between linguistic distance and other ...
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