管理代沟:当代中国不同年龄管理者文化价值观差异的初步探索研究

An Exploratory Study on The Cultural Dissonance between Senior and Junior Managers in China

过去的30年是中国历史上变革非常剧烈的时期,这些变革极大地影响了人们的文化价值观。对中国企业来说,年长管理者与他们年轻的下属之间有着差异极大的价值观。从14个文化维度研究我国年长和年轻管理者的文化差异,每个维度都从三个层面来测量:文化现状、向往的价值观、期待的价值观。调查了97位年长管理者和236位年轻经理人发现,在大部分维度里的"文化现状"这个层面上,年长和年轻管理者没有显著的认知差异,但他们在其中的7个维度中"向往的价值观"和"期待的价值观"这两个层面上却有着显著差异。这些结果表明,中国企业中存在着显著的由年龄代沟所引起的文化维度和文化层面方面的差异,而年轻一代中国企业管理者的价值观则预示了中国企业文化在未来可能的发展方向。

The past three decades have been periods in Chinese history. However, the reform As a result, those senior Chinese managers tend broadly brought to hold recognized as one of the most significant reformatory severe disturbance and confusion to Chinese culture. very much different values compared with their subordinates. This research is trying to study the cultural dissonance of senior versus junior Chinese managers from 14 culture dimensions. Each dimension was measured from three levels： ＂it is＂ （practices）, ＂should be＂（desirable values）, and ＂wish to be＂ （desired values）. 97 senior managers and 236 junior managers answered the questionnaire. We found that for most dimensions there were no significant cognitive differences between the senior and junior managers at the ＂it is＂ level. However, there were significant differences in 7 dimensions at ＂should be＂ level and ＂wish to be＂ level. The results suggest that Chinese manages should be treated differently in terms of culture dimensions and levels due to generation gap, and indicate possible future change direction of Chinese culture.