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Cultural variations in collaborative decision making: driven by beliefs or social norms?

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Winston R. Sieck,

Shane T. MuellerAuthors Info & Claims

IWIC '09: Proceedings of the 2009 international workshop on Intercultural collaboration

Pages 111 - 118

https://doi.org/10.1145/1499224.1499242

Published: 20 February 2009 Publication History

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We describe a study intended to determine whether cultural variations in collaborative decision making are due to differences in beliefs about ideal collaboration processes, or are a reflection of distinct social norms. The results of a web-based survey study that included respondents from India, S. Korea, Turkey, and the U.S. were obtained using a recent statistical technique, Cultural Mixture Modeling that treats culture as an outcome of the analysis based on patterns of consensus in belief. The findings suggested that beliefs about effective collaborative decision processes have spread fairly widely among business professionals, but that typical practice rarely matches the ideal in some countries. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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IWIC '09: Proceedings of the 2009 international workshop on Intercultural collaboration

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DOI:10.1145/1499224

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