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The Differences in Values Between Managers of the European Founding Countries, the New Members and the Applicant Countries:
Wade M. DanisMario Marco MolteniEmmanuelle ReynaudMarina DabićIsabelle MaignanAlan WallaceFlorian Von WangenheimArunas StarkusMark WeberIlya GirsonTevfik DalgicDetelin ElenkovDavid A. RalstonCarolyn P. EgriFrancisco B. CastroVojko PotocanJosé Pla-barberMasoud Kavoossisubject
Sustainable developmentFinanceEuropean communitybusiness.industryStrategy and Management05 social sciencesConvergence (economics)Eu countriesAccessionOrientation (mental)0502 economics and businessEconomicsOpenness to experienceCorporate social responsibility050211 marketingbusiness050203 business & managementdescription
Advocates for a social Europe are worried that the accession of ex-Eastern Bloc countries into the European Community would lead European corporations to emphasize a financial orientation rather than a societal orientation. We examined this question in a study of the values orientations of 3,836 managers in 16 countries representing established EU, new EU, and candidate EU country groups. Within-Europe managerial values convergence was found in a relatively high openness to change and low self-enhancement values. However, we found divergent values such that managers in established EU countries were more self-transcendent and less conservative than their counterparts in new EU and candidate EU countries. Implications for the convergence of future values within the Europe region are discussed.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-04-01 | European Management Journal |