Culture, Governance, and Economic Performance
An Explorative Study with a Special Focus on Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12701211 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Niels Noorderhaven (0000-0002-2427-2495, Tilburg University, corresponding author), Niels G Noorderhaven (Tilburg University and Institutefor Research on Intercultural Cooperation, The Netherlands), Bassirou Tidjani (UniversiM Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31-52 |
| Publication date | 2001-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Cross Cultural Management (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-5958 • E-ISSN: 1741-2838 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/147059580111006 |
| OpenAlex | W1993183435 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 36 |
Existing studies show that national cultures influence governance and economic performance, but sub-Saharan Africa is sparsely covered in international comparative culture studies, and the existing studies suffer from a western bias. This present study aims to fill this void, by focusing on sub-Saharan Africa and introducing an African bias. A research instrument was developed by means of a Delphi study among African scholars. Analysis of the data from six African countries and eight countries from Europe, Asia and the Americas, reveals eight cultural dimensions, three of which are strongly correlated to Hofstede's power distance and individualism-collectivism. Strong correlations between four of the eight dimensions of culture and indicators of the quality of governance are found. Three of the other dimensions correlate significantly with indicators of economic performance. The findings strongly suggest that a number of the cultural dimensions identified are relevant for governance and economic performance
Collectivism · Corporate governance · Development economics · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory · Individualism · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Uncertainty avoidance · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Family Business Performance and Succession · International Business and FDI
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |