Lewis: You’re actually measuring values as well as other aspects of culture and you attribute any differences to culture. Why is that important?

Aycan: There are many multinational organizations that employ people from different cultural backgrounds. In order to manage employees’ well-being as well as motivation, we need to understand what kind of values and expectations they have regarding work and family. Performance or achievement is not the most important value in many parts of the world. For instance, if you promote someone to a managerial position, you need to consider that maybe it will be perceived negatively by that person, because it means that they compromise their family. Therefore, the person may be demotivated, resent it, and may not accept it. In order to manage a diverse workforce effectively, we need to know what is important to people. What are their values? What is the role of the family?

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Workers' Managerial Preferences By Country and Gender