Exploring the Nature of Power Distance: Implications for Micro- and Macro-level Theories, Processes, and Outcomes

• Main Authors: DANIELS, Michael A., GREGURAS, Gary J.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: power; power distance; culture; cross-cultural; international OB; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3572; https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206314527131
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Power distance is a value that differentiates individuals, groups, organizations, and nations based on the degree to which inequalities are accepted either as unavoidable or as functional. Understanding power distance is especially important in organizational research because power is fundamental to...