Can the Manager’s Mind Be Nationalized?

Yair Aharoni and Ran Lachman

Chapter 15 in Standing on the Shoulders of International Business Giants:In Memory of Yair Aharoni, 2024, pp 217-234 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The “raison d’ȇtre” of nationalization of enterprises is usually the achievement of national and collective goals. Adherence to such goals by the executives of the publicly owned enterprises is a key to their achievement. Yet, in many cases, the executive’s adherence to public sector goals is taken for granted. This study examines the existence of expected differences in goal perceptions and attitudes among top executives of industrial enterprises affiliated with the public and private sectors in Israel. Almost no differences were found between the perceptions of these two groups of executives. The lack of differences indicates that mere affiliation with nationalized enterprises does not secure “nationalization” of the executives’ goal commitments and goal pursuit, and that the achievement of the nationalization objectives may be hindered.

Keywords: International Business; Internationalization; Strategy; Service Economy; Start-Up High-Technology Companies; High-Technology; Managerial Decision-Making; Business Education; State-Owned Enterprises; Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 M1 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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