Managers in the Nafta Countries: a Cross-cultural Comparison of Attitudes towards Upward Influence Strategies

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  • CAROLYN P. EGRI
  • Simon Fraser
  • DAVID A. RALSTON
  • CHERYL S. MURRAY
  • JOEL D. NICHOLSON
چکیده

This paper presents a cross-cultural comparison of U.S., Canadian-Anglophone, CanadianFrancophone and Mexican managers' attitudes towards upward influence strategies. Generally, it was found that all four groups have similar perspectives in terms of the relative acceptability of various influence strategies. However, examination of absolute ratings of influence behaviors suggests that Canadian-Francophones could serve as a cultural "linking-pin" along a continuum anchored by Anglo cultures at one end and the Latin American culture of Mexico at the other. Implications for cross-cultural interactions within the NAFTA region are discussed.

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تاریخ انتشار 2005