Do feminine cultures really behave more feminine than masculine cultures?. A comparison of 48 countries femininity‐masculineity ranking to their UN human development rankings. Reveals that feminine cultures do apply greater intensity in investing in human development programmes, including care for the weak and gender equity development than masculine cultures. States that both score low on empowerment of females, suggesting that a countrys power distance measurement affects this. Implies that managers of international firms will find greater demand for improved quality of work and female empowerment programmes in feminine/small power distance countries than feminine high power distance countries and masculine countries. Qualifies comparisons by outlining problems within the UN statistical data.
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Do feminine cultures really behave more feminine than masculine cultures? A comparison of 48 countries femininity‐masculinity ranking to their UN human development rankings
Carl A. Rodrigues;
Carl A. Rodrigues
Professor of International Management, Department of Management School of Business, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ
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Harvey Blumberg
Harvey Blumberg
Professor of Quantitative Methods, Department of Decision Sciences, School of Business, Montclair State University
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6089
Print ISSN: 1352-7606
© MCB UP Limited
2000
Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal (2000) 7 (3): 25–34.
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Rodrigues CA, Blumberg H (2000), "Do feminine cultures really behave more feminine than masculine cultures? A comparison of 48 countries femininity‐masculinity ranking to their UN human development rankings". Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, Vol. 7 No. 3 pp. 25–34, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/13527600010797110
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