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- Title
Individualism/collectivism, perceived task interdependence and teamwork attitudes among Irish blue-collar employees: A test of the main and moderating effects.
- Authors
Ramamoorthy, Nagarajan; Flood, Patrick C.
- Abstract
Two-hundred and four blue-collar employees participated in a study in which we tested for the effects of individualism/collectivism (I/C) orientations (solitary work preference, supremacy of individual goals, competitiveness, and self-reliance dimensions) and perceived task interdependence on two employee attitudes: team loyalty and pro-social behavior. We found support for the hypothesis that perceived task interdependence had positive effects on team loyalty and pro-social behavior. Further solitary work preference, supremacy of individual goals, and self-reliance dimensions of I/C had main effects on loyalty to the team. The supremacy of individual goals dimension of I/C also had a main effect on pro-social behavior. We also found that task interdependence moderated the relationships between solitary work preference and pro-social behavior. The implications of our findings are discussed.
- Subjects
INDIVIDUALISM; COLLECTIVISM (Social psychology); BLUE collar workers; ATTITUDE (Psychology); INTERPERSONAL relations; EMPLOYEE loyalty; SOCIALIZATION
- Publication
Human Relations, 2004, Vol 57, Issue 3, p347
- ISSN
0018-7267
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0018726704043274