On a compare´ les valeurs de 132 organisations, 77 australiennes et 55 ame´ricaines, apparie´es selon
la branche industrielle. Un logiciel d’analyse de contenu a recense´ les re´fe´rences aux valeurs dans
les rapports annuels des anne´es 1986 a` 1990. On a compare´ les fre´quences des re´fe´rences a`
neuf valeurs graĉe a` l’analyse de re´gression multiple et a` l’analyse en clusters, ce qui a permis de
classer chaque organisation dans l’une de quatre cate´gories the´oriques de´finies par leur profil ou
structure de valeurs: Elite, Leadership, Me´ritocratique et Colle´giale (Kabanoff, 1991). Les
organisations de type me´ritocratique caracte´risent davantage les organisations ame´ricaines que les
organisations australiennes, tandis que l’inverse est vrai pour les organisations de type e´litiste.
Seventyseven
Australian and 55 US organisations matched by industry were compared in terms of
their espoused values by using computeraided
content analysis to count the value references in their
annual reports for the years 1986–1990. Frequencies of reference to nine values were compared using
multiple regression and cluster analysis, which assigned organisations to one of four theoretically
specified organisational types based on their value structures or profiles—Elite, Leadership,
Meritocratic, and Collegial (Kabanoff, 1991). Meritocratictype
organisations were more prevalent
among US than Australian organisations, while the opposite was true for Elitetype
organisations.