IIMB Management Review

Journal of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Individualism/Collectivism and Attitudes Towards Human Resource Systems: A Comparative Study of American, Irish, and Indian MBA Students

Prof. Amit Gupta, Nagarajan Ramamoorthy, Ron M.Sardessai and Patrick C Flood
2003
Working Paper No
212
Body

n this study, we collected data from one-hundred-and eight MBA Students from the USA, Ireland, and India on their individualism/collectivism (IC) orientations and their preferences for human resource management (HRM)practices. Countrary to expectations, the Indian sample tended to be more individualistic than the American or Irish sample. While there were no differences on the preferences for progressive HRM practices across sample, the Americans exhibited a greater preference for paternalistic practices than the Indians and the Irish.

Key words
Individualism,Collectivism
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Individualism/Collectivism and Attitudes Towards Human Resource Systems: A Comparative Study of American, Irish, and Indian MBA Students

Author(s) Name: Prof. Amit Gupta, Nagarajan Ramamoorthy, Ron M.Sardessai and Patrick C Flood, 2003
Working Paper No : 212
Abstract:

n this study, we collected data from one-hundred-and eight MBA Students from the USA, Ireland, and India on their individualism/collectivism (IC) orientations and their preferences for human resource management (HRM)practices. Countrary to expectations, the Indian sample tended to be more individualistic than the American or Irish sample. While there were no differences on the preferences for progressive HRM practices across sample, the Americans exhibited a greater preference for paternalistic practices than the Indians and the Irish.

Keywords: Individualism,Collectivism
WP_IIMB_212.pdf (408.84 KB)