The Cultural Orientations of Entrepreneurs and Employees’ Job Satisfaction: The Turkish Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) Case |
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Authors: | Nalan Yetim Unsal Yetim |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, Mersin University, Ciftlikkoy Kampusu, Mersin, 3300, Turkey;(2) Department of Psychology, Mersin University, Ciftlikkoy Kampusu, Mersin, 3300, Turkey |
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Abstract: | The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether cultural orientations which were pervasive and salient in the society
of SMEs’ entrepreneurs predict employees’ job satisfaction. Paternalism, collectivism, individualism, power distance, uncertainty
avoidance were assessed as pervasive and salient attributes for Turkish society. Data were gathered from 217 male SMEs entrepreneurs
and 1140 employees. The cultural orientations scales together with some questions related to the firms and demographics, and
job diagnostic index (JDI) with demographical questions were applied to entrepreneurs and employees, respectively. The findings
of this study revealed that paternalism, collectivism and power distance predicted employee job satisfaction significantly.
It was argued that the congruency between entrepreneurs’ cultural orientations and employees’ cultural background and expectations,
which was shaped by the organizational socialization process, might lead these results. |
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Keywords: | cultural orientations job satisfaction person-organization fit SME entrepreneurs |
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