A CrossCultural Study of Leadership Attitudes in Three Baltic Sea Region Countries

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A Cross-Cultural Study of Leadership Attitudes in
Three Baltic Sea Region Countries
Dr.Audra I.Mockaitis Vilnius University
Department of Marketing Email Audra.I-Mockaitis_at_e
f.vu.lt
Laura alciuviene Kaunas University of Technology
Department of Marketing Email Laura.Salciuviene_at_k
tu.lt
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Aims of the Study

• Comparison of leadership attitudes in Lithuania,
  Estonia and Poland
• Aspects Supervision and Control, View toward
  Authority, Commitment, Conflict Avoidance,
  Decision Making, Leadership Styles and Initiative
• Question Are there differences in attitudes
  among respondents in three seemingly close
  countries?
• The relationship between national cultural values
  and leadership dimensions
• Question Do cultural values influence attitudes
  toward leadership in these countries? If yes, to
  what extent?

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Methodology

• Cross-cultural methodology rules
• Sampling strategy
• Etic dimensions
• Reliability analysis
• Isolation of variables
• Variables
• Independent Hofstedes cultural dimensions
• Dependent Leadership dimensions (22 items on 10
  dimensions)

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Results
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Results
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Conclusions

• Culture matters even in apparently similar
  countries
• Culture is the main explanatory factor for
  attitudes
• Hofstedes dimensions are useful for predicting
  attitudinal differences and similarities

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Indices on Hofstedes dimensions
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Factor Solution of Leadership Aspects