?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.110705&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+influence+of+culture+on+innovation+in+multinational+organisations%3A+Evidence+from+the+oil+and+gas+industry&rft.creator=Dehghan+Manshadi%2C+Ali&rft.subject=Culture&rft.subject=innovation&rft.subject=oil+and+gas&rft.subject=technology&rft.subject=international&rft.subject=Hofstede&rft.description=Culture+is+believed+to+play+an+important+role+in+innovation+processes+and+the+innovativeness+of+organisations.+In+order+to+quantitatively+measure+this+influence%2C+in+this+thesis+the+relationships+between+the+dimensions+of+Hofstede's+cultural+model+and+the+innovativeness+of+business+units+located+around+the+world+in+the+oil+and+gas+industry+are+explored.+Underpinning+this+study+is+a+re-examination+of+data+from+a+survey+conducted+by+the+Society+of+Petroleum+Engineers+in+2012+to+measure+the+innovation-related+behaviors+of+business+units+around+the+world.+This+study+also+examines+the+influence+of+cultural+distance+between+the+country+of+the+responding+organisation's+headquarters+and+the+country+of+the+responding+business+unit%2C+and+assesses+how+this+distance+affects+innovative+output.+The+results+show+several+ways+in+which+geographic+and+cultural+differences+impact+how+innovation+happens+within+and+between+different+parts+of+the+world.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2017&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F110705%2F1%2FAli_Dehghan%2520Manshadi_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.110705&rft.relation=Dehghan+Manshadi%2C+Ali+(2017)+The+influence+of+culture+on+innovation+in+multinational+organisations%3A+Evidence+from+the+oil+and+gas+industry.+Masters+by+Research+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F110705%2F&rft.identifier=QUT+Business+School%3B+School+of+Management