TURKISH IMMIGRANTS’ WORK VALUES IN GERMANY

• Authors: Öztürk Engin Bağış
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of the study is to examine the degree of convergence or divergence of Turkish immigrants’ work values in Germany when compared to Turks’ and Germans’ work values. The importance of Turkish immigrants has increased owing to awareness of different value structures and the negligence of transitional groups in cross-cultural studies. Based on these justifications, the study conducts a value analysis on Turks, Germans and Turkish immigrants. While Turkish immigrants converge with Germans on competitiveness, skepticism, and collaboration values, they diverge from both Turks’ and Germans’ values on the basis of favoritism, intuitiveness, modesty, and contentedness. Thus, it is understood that Turkish immigrants have different values from Turks and Germans.

Keywords

EN

Turkish immigrants; Work values; Germany; Turkey; Crosscultural management; Turkish work mentality

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Gdański
• Journal: International Journal of Emerging and Transition Economies (IJETE)
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 23-44

Contributors

author

Öztürk Engin Bağış

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