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higher-level managers tend to be younger than lower-level. These results indicate that
both age and job level must be included as co-variables in analyses. Due to the
truncation of the Guangzhou sample, and the situation concerning retirement noted
above, the Guangzhou sample tended to be younger on average, which could influence
the correlation. If these samples are representative of the populations, the likelihood of
managerial leaders from each area working with counterparts of similar age is high.
Figure 5.31. Correlations of Age x Position.
Correlation of Age and Position
GZ
NZ
Spearman’s rho -0.179
Sig (2-tailed) 0.008
N 218
Spearman’s rho 0.179
Sig (2-tailed) 0.009
N 215
Education Relationships in the Samples
For education level the Guangzhou sample has a higher average, due to a significantly
higher percentage of subjects with Bachelor degrees. China has a larger proportion of
the population completing a bachelor’s degree than New Zealand, and Chinese
universities offer only bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD degrees, as opposed to the panoply
of sub-degree programmes offered in NZ. The New Zealand sample had a much higher
percentage of subjects with post-graduate degrees. See Figure 5.32.
The Pearson Chi-Square Test: Value=170.3, df=4, Sig. (2-tailed) p