German and Portuguese work cultures: Synergies or allergies?
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Data de Publicação: | 2015 |
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Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
Texto Completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10071/11637 |
Resumo: | Stereotype thinking about national cultures is rooted in common sense and although it might be a quick way of helping decision making, it is permeable to prejudice and has a strong potential to harm professional relations especially when they occur in multicultural settings. With the purpose of testing to what extent are Portuguese and German work cultures dissimilar and if they operate as opposites or complementary this study conducted 24 interviews on Portuguese and German citizens living and working in their home country or in each other’s country (as immigrants). Data concerned their views on both Portuguese and German work cultures. Features (distinguishing between strengths and weaknesses) were content analyzed against the background of Hofstede’s (1997) dimensions and Quinn’s competing values framework (2005). Findings show convergence with common sense as regards strengths but revealed a counterintuitive complementarity when acknowledged weaknesses were considered together. This show there is potential for both work cultures to overcome fragilities by acknowledging complementarities. |
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German and Portuguese work cultures: Synergies or allergies?Work culturePortugalGermanyInterviewsAnálise comparativa -- Comparative analysisCultura de trabalhoAlemanhaEntrevistasStereotype thinking about national cultures is rooted in common sense and although it might be a quick way of helping decision making, it is permeable to prejudice and has a strong potential to harm professional relations especially when they occur in multicultural settings. With the purpose of testing to what extent are Portuguese and German work cultures dissimilar and if they operate as opposites or complementary this study conducted 24 interviews on Portuguese and German citizens living and working in their home country or in each other’s country (as immigrants). Data concerned their views on both Portuguese and German work cultures. Features (distinguishing between strengths and weaknesses) were content analyzed against the background of Hofstede’s (1997) dimensions and Quinn’s competing values framework (2005). Findings show convergence with common sense as regards strengths but revealed a counterintuitive complementarity when acknowledged weaknesses were considered together. This show there is potential for both work cultures to overcome fragilities by acknowledging complementarities.Os estereótipos sobre as culturas nacionais têm raízes no senso comum e apensar de constituírem uma forma expedita de apoiar a decisão, são permeáveis ao preconceito e têm um forte potencial para prejudicar as relações profissionais especialmente num contexto multicultural. Com o objetivo de testar até que ponto são diferentes as culturas de trabalho alemã e portuguesa e se operam como opostas ou complementares, neste estudo, conduzimos 24 entrevistas a cidadãos portugueses e alemães a viver e trabalhar em ambos os países (como autóctones ou emigrantes). Foram recolhidas as suas percepções sobre a cultura de trabalho portuguesa e alemã. As características (diferenciando entre as forças e fraquezas) foram alvo de análise de conteúdo tomando por referência as dimensões de Hofstede (1997) e o modelo dos valores contrastantes de Quinn (2005). Os resultados convergem com o senso comum no que respeita às forças mas mostram uma complementaridade contraintuitiva quando se consideram conjuntamente as fraquezas. Tal mostra que há potencial para ambas as culturas ultrapassarem as fragilidades reconhecendo o seu carácter complementar.2016-07-05T11:25:58Z2015-01-01T00:00:00Z20152015-09info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfapplication/octet-streamhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/11637TID:201210584engFerreirinho, Rita Maria Xavier Teixeirainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-09T17:37:00Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/11637Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:16:51.619526Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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German and Portuguese work cultures: Synergies or allergies? |
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German and Portuguese work cultures: Synergies or allergies? |
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German and Portuguese work cultures: Synergies or allergies? Ferreirinho, Rita Maria Xavier Teixeira Work culture Portugal Germany Interviews Análise comparativa -- Comparative analysis Cultura de trabalho Alemanha Entrevistas |
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German and Portuguese work cultures: Synergies or allergies? |
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German and Portuguese work cultures: Synergies or allergies? |
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German and Portuguese work cultures: Synergies or allergies? |
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German and Portuguese work cultures: Synergies or allergies? |
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German and Portuguese work cultures: Synergies or allergies? |
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Ferreirinho, Rita Maria Xavier Teixeira |
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Ferreirinho, Rita Maria Xavier Teixeira |
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Ferreirinho, Rita Maria Xavier Teixeira |
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Work culture Portugal Germany Interviews Análise comparativa -- Comparative analysis Cultura de trabalho Alemanha Entrevistas |
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Work culture Portugal Germany Interviews Análise comparativa -- Comparative analysis Cultura de trabalho Alemanha Entrevistas |
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Stereotype thinking about national cultures is rooted in common sense and although it might be a quick way of helping decision making, it is permeable to prejudice and has a strong potential to harm professional relations especially when they occur in multicultural settings. With the purpose of testing to what extent are Portuguese and German work cultures dissimilar and if they operate as opposites or complementary this study conducted 24 interviews on Portuguese and German citizens living and working in their home country or in each other’s country (as immigrants). Data concerned their views on both Portuguese and German work cultures. Features (distinguishing between strengths and weaknesses) were content analyzed against the background of Hofstede’s (1997) dimensions and Quinn’s competing values framework (2005). Findings show convergence with common sense as regards strengths but revealed a counterintuitive complementarity when acknowledged weaknesses were considered together. This show there is potential for both work cultures to overcome fragilities by acknowledging complementarities. |
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