Cultural Dispositions in Organizational Behavior: Impact of Different Cultures on Multinational Organizations

Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Organizational Behavior
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Introduction
The purpose of this essay is to develop the idea of the cultural dispositions in the
organizational context and what impacts can the different cultures have on one particular
organization. It is indeed important to know that the multinational organizations in the modern
times operate in several countries and they have to recruit local people according to their
locations. The organizations try to hire the local people in their new expanded destinations to
avoid the labor costs and this sometimes becomes fatal if the cultural conflicts arise. This issue
has been dealt in the essay question in the organizational context. The various organizational
conflicts due to the cultural issues would be discussed in this essay along with some hypothetical
examples. It is very important indeed to look upon this issue as a serious one as this is becoming
a barrier for the international expansion for most organizations.
Essay question:
“It is better to rely on stereotypes than to enter into a relationship with someone from
another culture without any idea of what they believe in”. Discuss the merits and problems in
this statement.
Organizational Behavior
Organizational behavior is believed to be one of the most important aspects for the
organizations in particular. In an organizational setting of the modern context, it is very common
that the employees might belong to several cultures because of the demographic and geographic
differences (Greenberg 2012). It is the responsibility of both the managers and employees to
keep away from these cultural conflicts. Otherwise it is very much probable that the performance
of the employees and overall organization would be hampered badly. The role of the managers is
not only to dictate the orders but also they have to lead the organization by moving away from
making the distinctions according to one’s culture (Robbins and Judge 2012).
The entire organizational workforce will continue to have the people from the different
cultural backgrounds. It is very much common to have people from different backgrounds since
they have to collaborate in their works (Wagner and Hollenbeck 2014). The employees might be
from different cultural backgrounds but they have to understand the fact that they have been

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hired because of their skills and capacity. It is not because of their cultural backgrounds. This is
why they hve to get off this ill practice of plunging into discussions about the cultural conflicts in
the workforce. As per the essay question, someone might think that they should approach the
people within his or her same cultural background so it would be easier for them to deal with the
problems. However, they ignore the fact that the people from their same background might not
have the proper skills or capacities (DuBrin 2013). They are of this opinion because they fear
that they might have to face some challenges or issues in this regard. They often forget that the
people from different backgrounds might have better skills or capacities to solve a problem.
Many times the people from the different cultural backgrounds might have the ability to lead the
organizational teams way better than the people belonging to the same backgrounds (McShane
and Von Glinow 2013).
Different theories on organizational behavior
Some theories in this matter would help things to get clearer. This will be helpful to
assess the limits to which the organizational managers need to implement the theories properly.
Inter-group conflict
One of these theories is about the inter-group conflict among the employees. It is the duty
of the employees to work together in the organizational settings (Moran, Abramson and Moran
2014). It might happen that there are people from different cultural backgrounds in the sales and
IT departments. The decision of the sales department regarding some event can be different from
that of the IT department. This does not mean that cause of the difference should arise from the
cultural conflicts (Pinder 2014). If these conflicts arise the employees will have to mitigate these
problems instantly to avoid any further problems in the system. A very small misunderstanding
between the employees of these departments can cause huge disasters for the organizations. This
is why the organizations would need to take proper action to make the work smooth going
between all the departments. This is very much significant indeed. These conflicts could result in
bigger disputes arising from these cultural issues.
Interpersonal conflict
The interpersonal conflict is one of the major effects of the distinction between the
conflicts in the organizations. If the organizations expand into a region where the people follow