声明
摘要
ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
Chapter Ⅰ．INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER
1．1 Introduction
1．2 Research Background and Motive
1．2．1 Research Background
1．2．2 Research Motive
1．3 Research Area and Questions
1．3．1 Research Area
1．3．2 Research Questions
1．4 Research Objectives
1．5 Research Innovation
1．6 Summary
Chapter Ⅱ．CONCEPTUAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL THEORIES
2．1 Conceptual Definitions
2．1．1 Defining Culture
2．1．2 Cultural Transmission and Values
2．1．3 Attitudes，Culture and Business Ethics
2．1．4 Cross-cultural Proficiency in Business
2．2 Conceptual Theories
2．2．1 Cross-cultural Management
2．2．2 Management Practices
2．2．3 Organizational Climate
2．2．4 Employee Performance
2．2．5 Employee Satisfaction
2．2．6 Liability of Foreignness
2．3 Business Ethics of Chinese Companies in Middle Africa
2．3．1 Ethics and Business Orientation
2．3．2 Working Conditions and Norms
2．3．3 Ethics and Wage Policies
2．4 Summary
Chapter Ⅲ．CONCEPTUAL MODEL AND CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
3．1 The Burke-Litwin Model
3．2 Middle Africans vs．Chinese’s Country and Cultural Values
3．2．1 Affiliation and Identity
3．2．2 Religion and Beliefs
3．2．3 Human Relationship and Reciprocity
3．2．4 The Sense of Respect toward Others
3．2．5 Communalism vs．Individualism
3．3 Middle African vs．Chinese Business Ethics
3．3．1 Time Perception
3．3．2 Hospitality and Trust／Mistrust
3．3．3 Intercultural Communication and Language
3．3．4 Fundamental Business Characteristics
3．3．5 Intercultural Business Orientation
3．4 Middle Africans vs．Chinese’s Five Cross-Cultural Dimensions
3．4．1 Power Distance
3．4．2 Individualism vs．Collectivism
3．4．3 Masculinity vs．Femininity
3．4．4 Uncertainty Avoidance
3．4．5 Long-term Orientation
3．5 Organizational Variables
3．5．1 The Relationship between Management Practices and Organizational Climate
3．5．2 The Relationship between Organizational Climate and Employee Performance
3．5．3 The Relationship between Organizational Climate and Employee Satisfaction
3．6 Summary and Critical Review
Chapter Ⅳ：RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND DESIGN
4．1 Research Procedure and Approach
4．1．1 Research Procedure
4．1．2 Research Approach
4．2 Data Collection
4．2．1 Overview of the Sample
4．2．2 Organizational Variables
4．3 Purpose of the Study and Hypotheses
4．3．1 The Purpose of the Study
4．3．2 Research Hypotheses
4．4 Research framework
Chapter Ⅴ：DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS
5．1 Validity and Reliability
5．1．1 Validity
5．1．2 Reliability Statistics
5．2 Statistics Descriptive and Measurement
5．2．1 KMO and Bartlett’s Test
5．2．2 Statistics Descriptive
5．2．3 Anti-image Matrices
5．2．4 Total Variance Explained
5．2．5 Rotated Component Matrix
5．2．6 Bivariate and Pearson Correlations Analysis
5．3 Hypotheses Test using HLM
5．3．1 Testing Hypotheses from H1 to H5
5．3．2 Testing Hypotheses from H6 to H7
5．3．3 Testing Hypotheses from H8 to H10
Chapter Ⅵ．DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
6．1 Discussion
6．1．1 Fundamental Business Characteristics and Managerial Implications
6．1．2 Liability of Foreignness
6．1．3 Middle African vs．Chinese Five Cross-cultural Dimensions
6．1．4 The Impact of Hofstede’s Dimensions on Burke-Litwin’s Transactional Model
6．1．5 The Relationship between Management practices and Organizational Climate
6．1．6 The Relationship between Organizational Climate and Employee Performance
6．1．7 The Relationship between Organizational Climate and Employee Satisfaction
6．2 Conclusion
6．2．1 Practical and Theoretical Implications
6．2．2 Research Implications
6．2．3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A：LETTER OF CONSENT
APPENDIX A：LETTRE DE CONSENTEMENT
附件A：同意书
APPENDIX B：LETTER TO CONTACT PERSONS
APPENDIX B：LETTRE A L’INTENTION DES PARTICIPANTS
附件B：致联系人的信
APPENDIX C：COVER LETTER TO RESPONDENT
APPENDIX C：LETTRE A L’INTENTION DES REPONDANTS
附件C：给答卷人的附函
APPENDIX D：QUESTIONNAIRE
APPENDIX D(Fran?ais)：QUESTIONNAIRE
附件D：问卷
APPENDIX E：MIDDLE AFRICA MAP AND COUNTRIES
APPENDIX F：NATIONAL CULTURE DIMENSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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