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Does the Use of English-language Questionnaires in Cross-national Research Obscure National Differences? (2005)

Harzing, Anne-Wil; Fischlmayr, Iris; Freitas, Maria Ester; Lazarova, Mila; Yaconi, Leon...

Does the Use of English-language Questionnaires in Cross-national Research Obscure National Differences? (2005)

Harzing, Anne-Wil; Fischlmayr, Iris; Freitas, Maria Ester; Lazarova, Mila; Yaconi, Leonardo Liberman; Zhu, Ying; Søndergaard, Mikael; Piekkari, Rebecca; Barzantny, Cordula; Wittenberg, Katrin; Myloni, Barbara; Mak, Wai-Ming; Choudhury, Srabani Roy; Viswat, Linda; Mockaitis, Audra; Salciuviene, Laura; Chee Kong Low, Janaka; Gomez Lopez, Maria Soledad; Saka, Ayse; Den Hartog, Deanne

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Cross-national research is plagued by many obstacles. This article focuses on one of these obstacles: the fact that research in more than one country usually involves respondents with different native languages. We investigated whether the language of the questionnaire influences response patterns. More specifically we tested whether responding in a common language (English) leads to a homogenization of responses across countries, hence obscuring national differences. We tested this hypothesis with a sample of 3419 undergraduate students in 24 countries. Half the students in each country received an English-language questionnaire, while the other half received the same questionnaire in their native language. Three types of questions were included in the questionnaire: questions about cultural norms and values, questions about characteristics of the ideal type of jobs that students would prefer after graduation, and questions about the reasons for choosing particular electives in the...

http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/11213/

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La fabbrica della conoscenza e delle precarietà. Riflessioni da un’autoinchiesta nell’università al tempo della crisi (2020)

Armano, Emiliana; Rivetti, Paola; Busso, Sandro

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Rating versus ranking: What is the best way to reduce response and language bias in cross-national research? (2009)

Harzing, Anne-Wil; Baldueza, Joyce; Barner-Rasmussen, Wilhelm; Barzantny, Cordula; Cana...

Rating versus ranking: What is the best way to reduce response and language bias in cross-national research? (2009)

Harzing, Anne-Wil; Baldueza, Joyce; Barner-Rasmussen, Wilhelm; Barzantny, Cordula; Canabal, Anne; Davila, Anabella; Espejo, Alvaro; Ferreira, Rita; Giroud, Axele; Koester, Katrin; Liang, Yung-Kuei; Mockaitis, Audra; Morley, Michael J.; Myloni, Barbara; Odusanya, Joseph O.T.; Leiba O’Sullivan, Sharon; Kumar Palaniappan, Ananda; Prochno, Paulo; Choudhury, Srabani Roy; Saka-Helmhout, Ayse

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Wepropose solutions to two recurring problems in cross-national research: response style differences and language bias. In order to do so, we conduct a methodological comparison of two different response formats—rating and ranking. For rating, we assess the effect of changing the commonly used 5-point Likert scales to 7-point Likert scales. For ranking, we evaluate the validity of presenting respondents with short scenarios for which they need to rank their top 3 solutions. Our results – based on two studies of 1965 undergraduate and 1714 MBA students in 16 different countries – confirm our hypotheses that both solutions reduce response and language bias, but show that ranking generally is a superior solution. These findings allow researchers to have greater confidence in the validity of crossnational differences if these response formats are used, instead of the more traditional 5- point Likert scales. In addition, our findings have several practical implications for multinational ...

http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/11208/