Hi,
I think you should first check whether you find significant differences between your organizations within each country before comparing the two countries.
Of course, it also depends on the kind of data/scales that you are measuring. E.g., does the organizational context play a role in the variables that you measure? Or do you measure individual differences that might be unrelated to the organizational context?
Good luck!
Eva
Eva Cools, PhD
Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
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0032 (0)9 210 97 78
Eva.Cools@vlerick.be
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Subject: [OB-LIST] comparing cross-cultural data sets
Dear Colleagues,
I'm doing a cross-cultural comparative study: I have data sets from two countries. But, the problem is the data sets were collected from different companies: 4 (A, B, C, and D) companies from one country, and 3 (E, F, and G) companies from the other country. I'd really appreciate if you let me know how to deal with this non-comparability issue (i.e., at the organizational-level) for a national-level comparative study.
Best,
Shung jae
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Shung Jae Shin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Management
College of Business
Washington State University
Phone: 509-372-7331