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    The Impact of National Culture on Manager's Attitudes: implications for organizational change - Evidence from Ethiopia
    (A.A.U, 2025-05-09) Abel Haileselassie; Yohannes Workaferahu (PhD)
    This thesis analyze how Ethiopian culture can impact the manager’s attitude in Ethiopia. It examines how Ethiopian cultural standards influence managerial practices, decision-making, and leadership styles using Hofstede’s cultural dimensions as a theoretical framework. The study highlights key dimensions such as Power distance, Individualism and Collectivism, Uncertainty avoidance, Masculinity and femininity, and Indulgence and Restraint, with their implications for Ethiopian managers. By analyzing Ethiopia’s cultural traits and their influence on management, the paper aims to give valuable results for both local and international businesses working in Ethiopia. The study is exploratory and it examines the impact of national culture on managers attitudes in Ethiopia using Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. A survey-based approach is used to collect data, analyzed data through both descriptive (including mean, standard deviation, frequency analysis) and inferential (including correlation and regression analysis) statistical methods. these methods are used together to create a more comprehensive understanding of the data and the nexus between variables. The findings are Power Distance was significantly high, indicating a preference for hierarchical leadership and respect for authority among Ethiopian managers. High Uncertainty avoidance conducted, which is an indicative of managers' risk avoidance behavior, desire for stability and predictability in workplace, and strong preference for regulated work environments.Collectivism is seen as the managerial preference with in companies in Ethiopia which prioritize on group objectives, interdependence, and loyalty, cooperation, and harmony within the group affiliation judgment. These results contribute to a deeper understanding of cultural influences on management and offer practical implications for organizations operating in Ethiopia and can help to improve managerial effectiveness and cross-cultural communication within the country.