The Meaning of Work. A Semiotic Perspective for a Cross Cultural Analysis

Sastre Raquel ()
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Sastre Raquel: Instituto Universitario ESEADE; Buenos Aires University – Faculty of Economic Sciences, Argentina

Journal of Intercultural Management, 2018, vol. 10, issue 1, 83-100

Abstract: Objective: to compare the meaning of work for three different samples of people working in private companies and in the public sector in one hand, and living in two different countries: Argentina and the Canary Islands.Methodology: original semiotics-based methodologyFindings: most of the variables that were ranked in the top three average results match in all three samples; Canarians and Argentineans have a different perspective about the State’s role; Canarian workers prefer social relationships over economic and security aspects while Argentineans prefer job stability due to a job insecurity context in the country.Value Added: the new methodology helps in organizing thought using abductive logic. It helps understanding the meaning of complex phenomena.Recommendations: it may be useful for managers and researchers in the area of Management for creating creative answers and solutions through the analysis of facts.

Keywords: Social Cognition; Comparative Thinking; Cultural Dimensions; Semiotics; Job Satisfaction; Values (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M12 M14 M51 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.2478/joim-2018-0004

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