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Cultural Values and Motivation in Nigeria Work Settings

Cultural Values and Motivation in Nigeria Work Settings

Osarumwense Iguisi
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781466646391|ISBN10: 146664639X|EISBN13: 9781466646407
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4639-1.ch018
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Iguisi, Osarumwense. "Cultural Values and Motivation in Nigeria Work Settings." Globalization and Governance in the International Political Economy, edited by Ümit Hacioğlu and Hasan Dinçer, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 231-249. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4639-1.ch018

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Iguisi, O. (2014). Cultural Values and Motivation in Nigeria Work Settings. In Ü. Hacioğlu & H. Dinçer (Eds.), Globalization and Governance in the International Political Economy (pp. 231-249). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4639-1.ch018

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Iguisi, Osarumwense. "Cultural Values and Motivation in Nigeria Work Settings." In Globalization and Governance in the International Political Economy, edited by Ümit Hacioğlu and Hasan Dinçer, 231-249. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4639-1.ch018

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Abstract

There has been general upsurge in cultures and management research in the last decades. Despite this fact, empirical studies on culture dimensions to management practices in Sub-Saharan Africa have been limited in numbers and scope. In Africa, there is very limited knowledge about cultural values and the consequences they pose for employee motivation. A major research question this study tries to address is whether the results could help to explain the disappointing economic development of Nigeria. The findings do confirm profound employee motivational values with the family collective interests playing a very important role in Nigeria. The study challenges the validity of the dominant Western universal perspectives in employee motivation in traditional African organizations. The study suggests that elements of traditional values pose serious challenges to African managers’ abilities to adopt local cultural and traditional values practices that can improve the effectiveness of employee motivation in their organizations.

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