Implications of individualistic and collectivistic orientations for management development

• Main Author: Piek, Johannes Jacobus
• Other Authors: Pretorius, M. C. C.
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Individualism; Individualistic orientation; Individualistically orientated; Collectivism; Collectivistic orientation; Collectivistically orientated; Acculturation; Affirmative action; Culture; Cultural diversity; Culture shock; Individuation; Introjection; Management development; Mentoring; Personal orientation; Ubuntu/Botho; 658.4071240968; Executives > Training of > South Africa; Executives > Training of > Psychological aspects
• Online Access: Piek, Johannes Jacobus (1997) Implications of individualistic and collectivistic orientations for management development, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15772>; http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15772

The Apartheid Philosophy resulted in creating a heterogenous society in South Africa, with each group having its own distinctive culture and value-orientation. Organizational values, influenced by personal value-orientation employed by White managers, could be challenged by appointing members of this heterogenous society into positions previously held by White managers, thereby emphasizing the need for congruence between organizational and personal value-orientation. The literature study revealed not only the existence of both Individualism and Collectivism, but the co-existence thereof in individual value-orientation and the existence of Ubuntuism as another form of collectivism - the latter being analogous to humanism. Through this empirical study the value-orientations of managers from either Black or White cultural backgrounds, were assessed, using a value-orientation questionnaire. The findings of the present study, although inconclusive, demonstrated that Black and White managers do not differ significantly in terms of their value-orientation at work. === Industrial and Organisational Psychology === M.A. (Industrial Psychology)