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Unbundling the differences between Psychic and Cultural Distance: An empirical examination of the existing measures

Avloniti, Anthi, Filippaios, Fragkiskos (2014) Unbundling the differences between Psychic and Cultural Distance: An empirical examination of the existing measures. International Business Review, 23 (3). pp. 660-674. ISSN 0969-5931. (doi:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2013.11.007) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:40817)

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2013.11.007

Abstract

The diversity between the country-scores of Hofstede, Schwartz, GLOBE, Håkanson and Ambos and Dow and Karunaratna is the main focus of this study. To investigate the correlation between the country-scores of these CD (Cultural Distance), pPD (perceived Psychic Distance) and PDs (Psychic Distance stimuli) instruments we apply the Mantel test, a test predominantly used in anthropology and genetics, which can be particularly insightful when examining “distance” data. The matrix correlation findings provide evidence supporting the high diversity between these measures and their lack of consistent results for the same countries. Therefore, despite the similarity between the way of conceptualizing and operationalizing CD that Hofstede, Schwartz and GLOBE share, these CD measures do not report consistent findings. Consistently, the lack of correlation, between the PDs measure of Dow & Karunaratna and pPD of Håkanson & Ambos, indicates the diversity between PD stimuli measures and perceived PD measures. At the same time, while the two Psychic Distance (PD) measures indicate high correlation in some cases, overall they are highly diverse from the CD measures. We argue, therefore, that identical studies could reach significantly different conclusions by simply using different measures of CD,pPD&PDs which then denotes significant implications for the reliability of research findings. Additionally, we point out potential weaknesses of these measures when examining culturally proximate countries and multicultural nations.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2013.11.007
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Kent Business School (do not use)
Depositing User: Fragkiskos Filippaios
Date Deposited: 22 Apr 2014 15:59 UTC
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2024 10:24 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/40817 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Filippaios, Fragkiskos.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7458-1333
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