Guidance sources at work

The role of sociodemographics in the United States and Brazil

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/regec.2317-5087.2023.12.1.38663.72-91

Palabras clave:

Sources of guidance, Sociodemographic characteristics, Organizational behavior, Human resources management, Cross-cultural research

Resumen

This study aimed to statistically test the influence of employees’ sociodemographic characteristics on their use of sources of guidance at work in the United States and Brazil. To achieve this objective, 220 employees from a Brazilian university and 166 employees from an American university filled out a paper-and-pencil questionnaire comprised of a previously-validated scale. Correlations and multiple linear regressions were run to test this influence. Among other results, American employees with higher education levels are more likely to use Informal Rules as sources of guidance at work. In turn, Brazilian employees with previous experience in managerial positions are more likely to use their Own Experience as a source of guidance at work. The results yielded from the tests suggest to managers, human resource professionals, and psychologists which sociodemographic characteristics are relevant to predicting the use of guidance sources at work, contributing, for instance, to recruitment and selection processes.

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Biografía del autor/a

André Luiz Mendes Athayde, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Doutor em Administração pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Claudio Vaz Torres, Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Ph.D. em Industrial Organizational Psychology - California School of Professional Psychology , pós-doutorado em Marketing pela Griffith University, Austrália (2004), pós-doutorado em Cross-cultural Research pela University of Sussex, Inglaterra (2009), pós-doutorado em Cross-cultural Psychology and Human Values pela Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (2013), em Basic Human Values na University of Haifa (2018) e em Police Psychology e Cross-cultural research na University of Baltimore, EUA (2022). 

Stephanie Jeanne Thomason, University of Tampa (UT) - USA

Ph.D. in Business Administration ( Florida Atlantic University)

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21-03-2023

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Mendes Athayde, A. L., Vaz Torres, C., & Thomason, S. J. (2023). Guidance sources at work: The role of sociodemographics in the United States and Brazil . "Revista Gestión Y Conexiones", 12(1), 72–91. https://doi.org/10.47456/regec.2317-5087.2023.12.1.38663.72-91

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