comparative value priorities of chinese and new zealand

as strong business partners because they appear to not be committed to the market for
the long term, and are seen as unsophisticated. These comments call for a development
of an in-depth understanding of New Zealand business values and leader behaviour and
investigating prescriptions for improvement.
Concerning the comment, “...In Japan and China, NZ businesspeople are seen as halfhearted.”
Noted in Chapter 4, the GZ sample ranks the value of Achievement higher
than does the NZ sample. Other large differences between the SVS mean ranks for the
two samples were that the NZ sample ranked Tradition, Stimulation, and Security much
higher than GZ, and Self-Direction and Power much lower.
For the LBDQXII dimension rankings, the NZ mean ranks were much lower for
Production Emphasis (pressure to work harder and excel), Demand Reconciliation,
Tolerance of Uncertainty, Representation, and Superior Orientation. These differences
do in fact indicate that from the relative perspective of Guangzhou businesspeople, New
Zealand businesspeople’s values and managerial leader behaviour preferences can
indicate a lesser dedication to working hard to achieve business success. The
preferences of the GZ sample indicate greater motivation for achievement, hard work,
and task orientation. These findings are discussed in detail immediately following.
COMPARING INDIVIDUAL CULTURAL VALUES
There were differences in the rankings of individual value dimensions between the
samples. When testing hypotheses related to significant differences between the
ranking of dimension means for the random samples of businesspeople for both New
Zealand and Guangzhou City for the SVS and LBDQ XII dimensions, the analyses
indicate significant differences in the rankings of the dimension means and also in the
actual differences in the relative size of the sample means. Comparisons of the relative
rankings for the SVS and LBDQXII means for the two samples using ANOVA tests in
Figure 6.4 indicate for the SVS,
� New Zealand businesspeople have higher individual value dimension means for
Tradition, Stimulation, and Security;
� Guangzhou City businesspeople have higher means for Achievement, Power and
Self-Direction.
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