Cultural Distances and Its Association to Time Spent on Conflicts

Abstract Conflict costs can be used to determine conflict outcomes and measured among others in terms of lost time. So far, no study has investigated the effects cultural distances on costs. Our tries add new findings by investigating influence internal indirect A survey with 226 participants was conducted measure time spent conflicts. Each participant reported a situation he or she personally involved in. We linear regression analysis test our hypotheses. did not find support for hypotheses that larger distance was, more conflict. According study, do explain it cannot proven greater distance, higher In globalized world, is positive despite great distances, conflicts does increase. This encourage leaders capture benefits diversity, whereas consequences at least some are low.