Distributive justice in northern Mexico and the U. S.: A cross-cultural comparison.

Paul Fadil, Sharon Segrest, Amy E. Hurley-Hanson, Mike Knudstrup, Lee Stepina

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Abstract

A comparison of distributive justice strategies was made between a collectivistic culture, i.e., Mexico, and an individualistic culture, i.e., the United States. This study is the first to include the effect of ingroup/outgroup on the distribution strategies as Fischer and Smith (2003) called for in their extensive meta-analysis of the topic. Distributive justice was operationalized as the monetary rewards given by Northern Mexicans and American in sixteen different allocation vignettes. The results showed that the two groups were significantly different in only one of the allocation vignettes. These results indicate a convergence between the cultures of the northern maquiladora region of Mexico and of the United States. Northern Mexicans and Americans were not significantly different in their distributive justice strategies.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalDefault journal
StatePublished - Jan 1 2004

Keywords

  • Cross cultural studies
  • Resource allocation
  • Collectivism
  • Pay for performance

Disciplines

  • Business

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