comparative value priorities of chinese and new zealand

urban areas in the province increased by 14 percent. So we see New Zealand producing
less wealth per capita since 1975 and Guangzhou increasingly producing more.
Tall Poppy
One issue that may be contributing to decreasing or failure to increase wealth per capita
is the Tall Poppy syndrome. New Zealand businesspeople will score lower means for
the Self-Enhancement individual value dimensions than will the Guangzhou
businesspeople. For the New Zealand sample average rankings for the dimensions
contributing to Self Enhancement dimensions are the lowest ranked value dimensions.
This indicates that the Tall Poppy syndrome and relevant attitudes are supported by the
results of this study. Kirkwood’s (2007) study of the effects of the Tall Poppy
Syndrome indicates that, (1) it may discourage entrepreneurs from starting a business;
(2) people who have experienced a business failure may be reluctant to establish another
business because of the public reaction to their failure; (3) entrepreneurs may
deliberately limit business growth because they don’t want to attract attention.
Kirkwood indicates a need for a national cultural change to promote and support
individual business success. In Jaeger and Rudzki (2007) and Frederick (2004) we find
discussions that lead to an interesting idea that New Zealand international entrepreneurs
work diligently to develop a world market, in spite of severe resource-constraints,
seeking the ultimate New Zealand goals of the three Bs, Bach (beach house), BMW
automobile, and Boat. Frederick (2004) finds that New Zealand indigenous
entrepreneurs exhibit a response to the Tall Poppy syndrome of feeling pressure to cloak
their wealth. This leads to New Zealand entrepreneurs seeking independence and
personal freedom, as opposed to increasing personal wealth after the three Bs are
obtained. This attitude of course has the cumulative effect of reducing growth of
GDP/GNI/GNP. Additionally, according to Langan-Fox and Roth (1995), this
behaviour pattern eventually leads to atrophy of achievement motivation
Leadership Inhibitors
The results of the tests related to Leadership inhibitors are that the relative rankings of
the Leadership Inhibitor items for the two samples are significantly different.
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