Interview with Professor Yih-Teen Lee published in InfoIESE
Interculturalism, an increasingly important trend in multinational businesses, and occupational satisfaction, are two important research areas for IESE Professor and economist Yih-Teen Lee, who recently received an award from the Academy of Management.
You have recently received the Academy of Management's 2006 Best International Paper Award. Can you comment on that?
Yes, I received this award for my paper titled "Satisfaction and Individual Preference for Structuring: What is Fit Depends on Where You Are From." I was also one of the three finalists for the Carolyn Dexter Award. Both are prizes awarded to research that contributes to the body of literature on international management.
This paper, which I co-wrote with Professor John Antonakis from the University of Lausanne, focuses on the impact a person’s culture has on his or her ability to adapt to a specific work context. Building on this premise, we have collected empirical evidence proving that adaptability does depend on a person's culture. In accordance with the traditionalist view, we found that the satisfaction of certain individuals increases with their ability to adapt. In other cases, however, we found out that some people tended to ignore their preferences when they were at odds with the cultural norms of the country they worked in. Interestingly, we observed that their satisfaction was often conditioned by the structure of the organization they worked in.
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