The authors examine top management performance in modern corporations operating in market economies. They analyse the national differences between institutions of formal company management, the value and competence systems of top managers as well as prevailing decision making practices. In their...

Data provided by 7380 middle managers from 60 nations are used to determine whether demographic variables are correlated with managers’ reliance on vertical sources of guidance in different nations and whether these correlations differ depending on national culture characteristics. Significant...