Culture and Management Practices are Siamese Twins: The Case of Employee Relations Practice in Nigeria (Cadbury Nigeria Plc) and the United Kingdom (Cadbury Worldwide UK).
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2012
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George, O.J.
Kuye, O.L.
Onokala, U.C.
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Abstract
Researches into the relationship between culture and management practices are recently dominating the
management practices literature especially with the current impact of globalisation, multi-nationalisation and
internationalisation of businesses. This study examines the impact of culture on management practices with
special reference to employment relations practices in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. This was achieved
through a case study of employment relations practice in Cadbury (Nigeria) Plc and Cadbury (UK) Plc while
employing semi-structured interviews. A review of the extant literature on culture and management practices
revealed a dearth of literature on comparative study of employment relations practice (and other management
practices) between the developed (e.g. UK) countries and the developing countries (e.g. Nigeria). Previous
researches were focussed mainly on comparative study of employment relations practice (and other
management practices) between the economically developed countries of the world. This study is an attempt to
fill the gap in the literature. The study relied on Cadbury Worldwide (Cadbury UK and Cadbury Nigeria) as the
case study. The findings relying on narrative analysis established a strong relationship between culture and
employment relations practice (and other management practices). The study concludes that it is impossible to
formulate a template of employment relations practices (and other management practices) with the intention of
transferring same from one country or cultural area to another country or another cultural area.
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Staff publication
Keywords
Management practices , Diffusion of culture , Employment relations practice , Culture
Citation
George, O.J., Kuye, O.L. & Onokala, U.C. (2012), Culture and Management Practices are Siamese Twins: The Case of Employee Relations Practice in Nigeria (Cadbury Nigeria Plc) and the United Kingdom (Cadbury Worldwide UK). Business and Management Review Vol. 2(2) pp. 09