Relationships differentiation: Cross-ethnic comparisons in the Malaysian workplace

This research examines how Malaysian managers and employees interpret and embody leader–member relationships differentiation.To analyze this question, we conducted a thematic analysis of top management, middle management and supporting dialogue group discussions.Results showed that leader–member rel...

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Main Authors: Abu Bakar, Hassan, Halim, Haslina, Mustaffa, Che Su, Mohamad, Bahtiar
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Language:English
Published: Routledge 2016
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http://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2016.1140672
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spelling my.uum.repo.178642016-04-14T07:32:45Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/17864/ Relationships differentiation: Cross-ethnic comparisons in the Malaysian workplace Abu Bakar, Hassan Halim, Haslina Mustaffa, Che Su Mohamad, Bahtiar P Philology. Linguistics This research examines how Malaysian managers and employees interpret and embody leader–member relationships differentiation.To analyze this question, we conducted a thematic analysis of top management, middle management and supporting dialogue group discussions.Results showed that leader–member relationships differentiation is a symbol that is essential for the creation and sustenance of leader’s conceptual skills, communication openness, respect, trust, and age differentiation.These findings validate our proposition of leader–member relationships differentiation in Malaysian workplace and empirical support for the central roles of communication exchange processes in workgroups. Routledge 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/17864/1/JICR%2045%202%2071-90.pdf Abu Bakar, Hassan and Halim, Haslina and Mustaffa, Che Su and Mohamad, Bahtiar (2016) Relationships differentiation: Cross-ethnic comparisons in the Malaysian workplace. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 45 (2). pp. 71-90. ISSN 1747-5759 http://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2016.1140672 doi:10.1080/17475759.2016.1140672
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Abu Bakar, Hassan
Halim, Haslina
Mustaffa, Che Su
Mohamad, Bahtiar
Relationships differentiation: Cross-ethnic comparisons in the Malaysian workplace
description This research examines how Malaysian managers and employees interpret and embody leader–member relationships differentiation.To analyze this question, we conducted a thematic analysis of top management, middle management and supporting dialogue group discussions.Results showed that leader–member relationships differentiation is a symbol that is essential for the creation and sustenance of leader’s conceptual skills, communication openness, respect, trust, and age differentiation.These findings validate our proposition of leader–member relationships differentiation in Malaysian workplace and empirical support for the central roles of communication exchange processes in workgroups.
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author Abu Bakar, Hassan
Halim, Haslina
Mustaffa, Che Su
Mohamad, Bahtiar
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Halim, Haslina
Mustaffa, Che Su
Mohamad, Bahtiar
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title Relationships differentiation: Cross-ethnic comparisons in the Malaysian workplace
title_short Relationships differentiation: Cross-ethnic comparisons in the Malaysian workplace
title_full Relationships differentiation: Cross-ethnic comparisons in the Malaysian workplace
title_fullStr Relationships differentiation: Cross-ethnic comparisons in the Malaysian workplace
title_full_unstemmed Relationships differentiation: Cross-ethnic comparisons in the Malaysian workplace
title_sort relationships differentiation: cross-ethnic comparisons in the malaysian workplace
publisher Routledge
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url http://repo.uum.edu.my/17864/1/JICR%2045%202%2071-90.pdf
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http://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2016.1140672
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