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How Do Cultural Differences Between Countries Affect Management Approaches, Ethical Decision-Making Processes and Organizational Culture?

Year 2025, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 1 - 26, 30.06.2025

Zeynep Kaptan

https://doi.org/10.47542/sauied.1580004

Abstract

With globalization, businesses operate in different cultural contexts, and this directly affects management approaches, ethical decision-making processes, and organizational culture. This study aims to examine the effects of cultural differences on the relationship between management approaches, ethical decision-making processes, and organizational culture. In the study, bibliometric analysis method was used to determine which countries are influential in the relevant literature in order to examine cultural differences between countries. The findings show that cultural factors are decisive on leadership and ethical approaches. While authoritarian management styles are adopted in countries with high power distance (e.g. China, South Korea, Türkiye), a more participatory management approach prevails in countries with low power distance (e.g. USA, Germany, Australia). Similarly, cultural dimensions such as individualism and collectivism, risk-taking capacity, and uncertainty avoidance directly affect management strategies and ethical decision-making processes. In addition, the study grouped keywords in the management, ethics, and organizational culture literature to create thematic clusters, and in this context, main research areas such as cultural diversity, ethical leadership, and digital transformation were identified. As a result, it has been understood that cultural differences play a decisive role in management approaches, ethical decision-making processes and organizational culture. Global businesses can develop more inclusive management strategies by taking cultural diversity into account and increase corporate compliance by encouraging ethical sensitivity.

Keywords

Cultural Diversity Management Approaches Ethical Decision-Making Organizational Culture Systematic Review Bibliometric Analysis

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https://doi.org/10.47542/sauied.1580004

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Zeynep Kaptan 0000-0002-4877-430X

Early Pub Date June 18, 2025
Publication Date June 30, 2025
Submission Date November 5, 2024
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APA Kaptan, Z. (2025). How Do Cultural Differences Between Countries Affect Management Approaches, Ethical Decision-Making Processes and Organizational Culture?. Sakarya Üniversitesi İşletme Enstitüsü Dergisi, 7(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.47542/sauied.1580004
AMA Kaptan Z. How Do Cultural Differences Between Countries Affect Management Approaches, Ethical Decision-Making Processes and Organizational Culture?. Sakarya Üniversitesi İşletme Enstitüsü Dergisi. June 2025;7(1):1-26. doi:10.47542/sauied.1580004
Chicago Kaptan, Zeynep. “How Do Cultural Differences Between Countries Affect Management Approaches, Ethical Decision-Making Processes and Organizational Culture?”. Sakarya Üniversitesi İşletme Enstitüsü Dergisi 7, no. 1 (June 2025): 1-26. https://doi.org/10.47542/sauied.1580004.
EndNote Kaptan Z (June 1, 2025) How Do Cultural Differences Between Countries Affect Management Approaches, Ethical Decision-Making Processes and Organizational Culture?. Sakarya Üniversitesi İşletme Enstitüsü Dergisi 7 1 1–26.
IEEE Z. Kaptan, “How Do Cultural Differences Between Countries Affect Management Approaches, Ethical Decision-Making Processes and Organizational Culture?”, Sakarya Üniversitesi İşletme Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 1–26, 2025, doi: 10.47542/sauied.1580004.
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