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International Organizational Behavior
A Comparative Analysis of Three Countries
The intent of this analysis is to evaluate the three nations of China, France and the United States from the standpoint of which is most likely to have higher job satisfaction and motivation among employees. Based on the readings and analysis in this course, the data contained in the CIA Factbook, a comprehensive resource of 267 different global entities, and a literature review of an predicators and factors of job satisfaction in these countries, this analysis was completed.
Analysis of Socioeconomic Factors: China, France and the United States
Comparing China, France and the United States on socioeconomic factors illustrates how significantly different each nation's government approaches the challenges of economic growth. China is the fastest growing economy of the three countries in this analysis with a Gross Domestic product real growth rate of 10.3%, ranked 6th in the world out of 273 different entities that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) tracks. The per capita Gross Domestic Product is $7,600 as of 2010, ranking 125th in the world. GDP is comprised primarily from manufacturing (46.2%) followed by services (43%) and agriculture (10%). The unemployment rate is 6.1 with substantial unemployment in rural areas and exceptional economic growth in urban regions including Beijing and Shanghai. China has also been able to attain a 15.7% industrial production growth rate, 9th in the world on this metric. All of these examples point to how solidly China is positioned as the world's production and manufacturing center today, generating more jobs often in just ninety days that other advanced economies including the U.S. generate in a year (Han, Kakabadse, 2009). The Chinese government is galvanized in its commitment to ensuring its industries become global leaders, continually providing investment and joint venture assistance through tariff reductions to trading partners...
The agricultural industry in France is the most protected of all, as there continue to be significant investments and subsidies to ensure sovereignty and quality of its output. France is an enigmatic nation from the standpoint of global economic growth strategies. It has a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) real growth rate of 1.5%, ranking 160th in the world out of the 273 that the CIA actively analyzes and a relatively high Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capital of $33,100, putting France at 39th place globally on this metric. GDP is comprised of Services (79.7%), Manufacturing (18.6%) and Agriculture (1.7%). The unemployment rate nationally is at 9.3% and the Industrial Production Growth Rate is at 5.1%. France's companies are challenged by high costs of compliance to socially-mandated programs and the high costs of health insurance and pension programs. A very nationalistic country, it is one that values individuality yet paradoxically has a very high need for uncertainty avoidance (UAI) as measured by the Hofstede Model of Cultural Dimensions (Hofstede, McCrae, 2004).
The third nation covered in this analysis is the Untied States, the most democratically run political system of the three and also the most affluent. The U.S. GDP growth rate is 2.8%, with a per capita GDP rate of $47,200 with 76.6% being generated from Services, followed by manufacturing (22%) and agriculture (1.2%). The current national unemployment rate is 9.6% and the industrial production rate is 5.1%. The U.S. also has the highest score of any of the nations profiled in this analysis on the individuality (IDV) dimension, scoring well into the 90 percentile level. For an analysis of all countries on the Hofstede Model of Cultural Dimensions, please see Appendix A: Analysis of Nations Using the Hofstede Model.
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References
Lisa Fiksenbaum, Wang Jeng, Mustafa Koyuncu, & Ronald J. Burke. (2010). Work hours, work intensity, satisfactions and psychological well-being among hotel managers in China. Cross Cultural Management, 17(1), 79-93.
Yong Han, & Nada K. Kakabadse. (2009). Job satisfaction: what is its true meaning in Greater China? Asia - Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 1(2), 155-164.
Hofstede, Geert. (1993). Cultural constraints in management theories. The Executive, 7(1), 81.
Geert Hofstede, & Robert R. McCrae. (2004). Personality and Culture Revisited: Linking Traits and Dimensions of Culture. Cross - Cultural Research, 38(1), 52-88.
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