Culture and the Business Systems of Asia
Redding, Gordon, Michael Bond, & Michael A. Witt (2014). The Role of Culture in Asian Business Systems. In Michael A. Witt and Gordon Redding (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems, 358-382. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
27 Pages Posted: 19 Dec 2012 Last revised: 14 Aug 2015
Date Written: 2014
Abstract
This chapter of the Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems provides an overview of culture in Asia. Culture is defined as shared meaning interpreted in institutions in patterns that are best analysed through a complex adaptive systems framework. The understanding of the variety of Asian cultures begins with certain socio-economic givens, such as level of development. Data are then presented to reveal variations between societies in values, social axioms, and patterns of socializing. Clusters of countries are proposed, namely the Advanced Cities, Japan, the Advanced Northeast, the Emerging Southeast, and the Post-Socialist. The effects of culture on organizations are introduced via analysis of vertical order, horizontal order, and differences in rationale. This chapter contributes to the literature on business systems and varieties of capitalism as well as international management.
Keywords: culture, Asia, business systems, varieties of capitalism, institutions, socioeconomics, values, social axioms, rationale
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