Determinants of defender-prospector strategic preferences: examining the effects of personality and culture

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Williams, Steve and Narendran, S. 2008. Determinants of defender-prospector strategic preferences: examining the effects of personality and culture. Journal of Transnational Management Development. 4 (3-4), pp. 83-105. https://doi.org/10.1300/J130v04n03_05
AuthorsWilliams, Steve and Narendran, S.
Abstract

An exploratory study involving 273 Indian managers from India and Singapore measured the effects of demographic (age, sex, education, nationality, and culture), personality (locus of control, achievement need, and ambiguity intolerance), and work-related (organizational level, tenure, and organizational size) factors on managerial preference as measured by the defender-prospector (Miles & Snow, 1978) continuum. Blockwise regression analysis revealed that younger managers, male managers, and managers with high ambiguity tolerance were significantly more likely to prefer prospector strategies.

JournalJournal of Transnational Management Development
Journal citation4 (3-4), pp. 83-105
ISSN1547-5778
Year2008
PublisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge)
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1300/J130v04n03_05
Web address (URL)http://hdl.handle.net/10552/5460
http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203048122
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Print20 Oct 2008
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Deposited24 Nov 2016
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Journal of Transnational Management, Volume 4, Numbers 3/4, 2000 has been co-published simultaneously as Becker, Kip (Ed.), 2000, Culture and International Business, The Haworth Press, 9780789009692, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203048122

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