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Leadership and Overload Stress Orientations of German and Russian Working Adults: Does Government Work Experience Make a Difference?

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This paper examines task, relationship, and overload stress orientations of people in the high-context cultures of Russia and in the low-context cultures of Germany based on their government work experience. A Two-way ANOVA methodology is used for hypotheses testing in this research. As a result of the comparative, cross-national analysis of 462 responses, some significant differences were found between the two samples. Russians have higher scores on task and relationship orientations than German respondents. There is a marginally significant difference in the task scores between respondents who have government experience and those who do not. Respondents who have government experience are more task-oriented and experience more stress than those who do not have government experience. Finding reveals significant interaction between government experience and country in the task scores. Literature on German and Russian cultures is presented along with practical applications, suggestions, and implications for future studies.

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    Natalia Ermasova

  2. College of Business, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, 400 East Second Street, Bloomsburg, PA, 17815, USA

    Lam D. Nguyen

  3. College of Business and Public Administration, Governors State University, 1 University Parkway, Room C3341, University Park, IL, 60484, USA

    Mary D. Bruce

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Ermasova, N., Nguyen, L.D. & D. Bruce, M. Leadership and Overload Stress Orientations of German and Russian Working Adults: Does Government Work Experience Make a Difference?. Public Organiz Rev 17, 39–59 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-015-0328-9

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