Employees’ Use of Sources of Guidance at Work: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between the United States and Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.18568/internext.v17i2.669

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Sources of guidance, Organizational behavior, Cross-cultural research

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Purpose – The objective of this research was to statistically compare employee’s use of sources of guidance (SOGs) at work in the United States and Brazil and discuss results in the light of differences concerning national cultural characteristics.

Method – 220 employees from a Brazilian university and 166 employees from an American university filled out a paper-and-pencil questionnaire. Pearson correlation tests (r) and Student t-tests were run to investigate statistically significant differences between the two samples, which were discussed in the light of national cultural characteristics.

Main results – Americans presented significantly higher means than Brazilians on Informal Rules and People Outside Organization, and Brazilians presented significantly higher mean than Americans on Formal Rules and Procedures. The discussion showed that some of these differences are compatible with national cultural characteristics.

Relevance/Originality – Recognizing the importance and the role of national cultures on individuals’ attitudes and behavior within the organizational environment is fundamental in the search for effective and contextualized management practices.

Theoretical/methodological contributions – Up until 2020, only 12 theoretical-empirical studies about SOGs were developed. Hence, the present study theoretically and empirically contributes to knowledge about this very important work-related construct.

Social/management contributions – The results suggest to managers, human resource professionals, and psychologists important differences in the attitudes of American and Brazilian employees concerning the use of sources of guidance at work, contributing, for instance, to recruitment and selection processes in multinationals.

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André Luiz Mendes Athayde, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Doutor em Administração pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB) com Estágio Doutoral na University of Tampa (UT), em Tampa-FL, Estados Unidos (Bolsista Capes - PDSE); Mestre em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV); Graduado em Administração pelo Instituto Educacional Santo Agostinho (FASA); Graduado em Letras Inglês pela Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes); Formação complementar em Inglês Avançado na Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) em Nashville-TN, Estados Unidos. Formação complementar em Supply Chain Management na NN/AS em Copenhagen, Dinamarca. Já apresentou trabalhos científicos na Universidade de Oxford, Inglaterra (St Anne's College - University of Oxford) e na Facultad de Ciencias Sociales da Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica. Possui trabalho científico publicado pela Academy of Management (AoM) e já recebeu prêmio de melhor artigo da área de Estudos Organizacionais em evento nacional promovido pela Universidade de São Paulo (SemeAd - USP) . Atuou como Coordenador de Transportes e Exportação em indústria multinacional; Atuou como Coordenador de Planejamento e Infraestrutura da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Atuou como Coordenador do Tema Educação Superior e Internacionalização da Divisão EnEPQ/ANPAD em evento científico. Atualmente, é Professor Adjunto do Magistério Superior lotado na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) - Campus Montes Claros; Subcoordenador do Curso de Administração; Membro do Comitê de Coordenação do Centro de Estudos Latino-Americanos, vinculado à Diretoria de Relações Internacionais (DRI/UFMG); Membro da Associação Internacional de Psicologia Transcultural (IACCP); Coordenador do Grupo de Estudos em Administração (GEA/ICA/UFMG) e Membro do Núcleo Docente Estruturante (NDE) do Curso de Administração da referida Universidade. Temas de Interesse: Comportamento Organizacional (Valores; Traços de Personalidade; Fontes de Orientação no Trabalho; Cultura); Pesquisa Transcultural; Internacionalização; Língua Inglesa; Supply Chain; Logística; Avaliação de Políticas Públicas e Programas Governamentais.

Claudio Vaz Torres, Universidade de Brasília - UnB, Brasília, (Brasil).

Ph.D. em Industrial Organizational Psychology - California School of Professional Psychology (1999), pós-doutorado em Marketing pela Griffith University, Austrália (2004), pós-doutorado em Cross-cultural Research pela University of Sussex, Inglaterra (2009), pós-doutorado em Cross-cultural Psychology and Human Values pela Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (2013) e pós-doutorado em Basic Human Values na University of Haifa (2018). Em todos estágios pós-doutorais, desenvolveu e validou para amostras brasileiras medidas para uso em pesquisa transcultural, notadamente o Questionário Refinado de Valores - PVQ-RR. Atualmente é revisor do JCCP - Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology; IJIR - International Journal of Intercultural Research; American Psychologist Journal; Revista Psicologia: Teoria e Prática; RAC - Revista de Administração Contemporânea; e RAM - Revista de Administração da Mackenzie. Avaliador de trabalhos da Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração. É filiado à Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Psicologia, na qual coordena um Grupo de Trabalho em Psicologia e Segurança Pública. 

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2022-03-18

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Athayde, A. L. M., & Torres, C. V. (2022). Employees’ Use of Sources of Guidance at Work: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between the United States and Brazil. Internext, 17(2), 152–168. https://doi.org/10.18568/internext.v17i2.669

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