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Managerial Perceptions of Performance

A Comparison of Japanese and American Work Groups

University of Washington

Teruhiko Suzuki

Doshisha University

Yasumasa Kondo

Doshisha University

In a cross-cultural experiment the research sought to identify emic theories of individual and group influences on the performance control process. Results suggested that both Japanese and American managers have a Rational Man theory of the individual in the control process. However, differences occurred in their theory of group functioning: Americans tend to see groups as helping to reduce the risk of poor performance, whereas Japanese see them as enhancing good performance.

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 17, No. 4, 379-398 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/0022002186017004001


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