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This article demonstrates one methodological approach to aid in the complex process of making inferences about the meaning and usefulness of observed national differences. By using data from an international study of “The Meaning of Working,” 3 points are made: 1) it is important to use multiple methods of measurement for conceptual ideas or domains; 2) it is important to use intra-country reference group comparisons; and 3) it is important to use some form of relative position analysis in addition to score analysis.
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*George W. England is Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Economic and Management Research in the College of Business Administration at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. Professor England is author or co-author of several books in the area of industrial relations and management, including The Manager and the Man, Organizational Functioning in a Cross-cultural Perspective, and The Functioning of Complex Organizations.
**Itzhak Harpaz is a Lecturer of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior at the University of Haifa, Israel. He is currently a member of an international team investigating the Meaning of Working (MOW), and is the author of publications in the areas of job satisfaction, pre-retirement preparation, and staffing.
An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jibs.1983.41.
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England, G., Harpaz, I. Some Methodological and Analytic Considerations in Cross-National Comparative Research. J Int Bus Stud 14, 49–59 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490518
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490518