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The consequences of social category faultlines in high- and low-context cultures: A comparative study of Brazil and Germany
The present study sheds light on how differences between high- and low-context cultures influence the consequences of social category faultlines. To develop our theoretical arguments, we integrate ideas from faultline theory and Hall’s theory on cultural contexts. We test our hypotheses using survey...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9813412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619117 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1082870 |
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author | Burmann, Kathrin Semrau, Thorsten |
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description | The present study sheds light on how differences between high- and low-context cultures influence the consequences of social category faultlines. To develop our theoretical arguments, we integrate ideas from faultline theory and Hall’s theory on cultural contexts. We test our hypotheses using survey data from 54 teams in the banking industry in Germany, a nation with a low-context culture, and in Brazil, a country with a high-context culture. In line with our theorizing, the study results reveal that whether social category faultline strength stimulates task conflict and is thus detrimental to team performance depends on the societal culture in which teams operate. Specifically, we observe that social category faultlines stimulate task conflict and thus have a negative indirect effect on team performance in Germany’s low-context culture, while we find no such effects in the high-context culture of Brazil. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our study and close with some suggestions for future research. |
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spelling | pubmed-98134122023-01-06 The consequences of social category faultlines in high- and low-context cultures: A comparative study of Brazil and Germany Burmann, Kathrin Semrau, Thorsten Front Psychol Psychology The present study sheds light on how differences between high- and low-context cultures influence the consequences of social category faultlines. To develop our theoretical arguments, we integrate ideas from faultline theory and Hall’s theory on cultural contexts. We test our hypotheses using survey data from 54 teams in the banking industry in Germany, a nation with a low-context culture, and in Brazil, a country with a high-context culture. In line with our theorizing, the study results reveal that whether social category faultline strength stimulates task conflict and is thus detrimental to team performance depends on the societal culture in which teams operate. Specifically, we observe that social category faultlines stimulate task conflict and thus have a negative indirect effect on team performance in Germany’s low-context culture, while we find no such effects in the high-context culture of Brazil. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our study and close with some suggestions for future research. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9813412/ /pubmed/36619117 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1082870 Text en Copyright © 2022 Burmann and Semrau. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Burmann, Kathrin Semrau, Thorsten The consequences of social category faultlines in high- and low-context cultures: A comparative study of Brazil and Germany |
title | The consequences of social category faultlines in high- and low-context cultures: A comparative study of Brazil and Germany |
title_full | The consequences of social category faultlines in high- and low-context cultures: A comparative study of Brazil and Germany |
title_fullStr | The consequences of social category faultlines in high- and low-context cultures: A comparative study of Brazil and Germany |
title_full_unstemmed | The consequences of social category faultlines in high- and low-context cultures: A comparative study of Brazil and Germany |
title_short | The consequences of social category faultlines in high- and low-context cultures: A comparative study of Brazil and Germany |
title_sort | consequences of social category faultlines in high- and low-context cultures: a comparative study of brazil and germany |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9813412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619117 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1082870 |
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