This paper applies several causality tests to analyze whether sunspot numbers (used as an approximate proxy for the solar activity) cause global temperatures, using monthly data covering the time period 1880:1-2013:9. Both parametric and non-parametric causality tests are performed, which...

Nations differ in national means as well as intra-cultural variations (ICVs) of particular cognitions and behaviors. Au (1999) argued that means and ICVs have distinctive impacts on organizational phenomena cross-nationally. We tested whether this holds true for the individual-level relationship...

We investigated the relationship between the national cultural value of power distance and collective silence as well as the role of voice-inducing mechanisms in breaking the organizational silence. Using data from 421 organizational units of a multinational company in 24 countries, we found...