Cultural

Abstract

Examined how organizational cultures are transmitted and maintained through interactions among organizational members across intergroup boundaries. Focus was on whether or not the total number of individuals' out-group communication network links predicts the degree of individual–out-group transmission of work-related values and beliefs. Survey responses from 118 workers in international organizations with bicultural workforces (US and Japanese) were submitted to multiple regression analyses. Ss' communication network links had effects on the transmission of cultural elements across group boundaries, which was represented by changes in the states of individual–out-group co-orientation. Types of social influence identified were agreement, accuracy, and congruency derived from the co-orientation model. Conditions under which social influence takes place were identified by examining relational proximity in 3 types of networks. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved)