Analysis of Joint Ventures Local Managers' Behaviors and Its Impact on Joint Venture Cohesiveness:

This study investigates whether there is a significant different in the level of cohesiveness perceived by two different groups of managers - local firms' local managers (Korean) and joint venture local managers (Korean) - and also examines relative importance of underlying variables that distinguish the two groups of managers in terms of cohesiveness. The findings indicated that joint venture local managers demonstrate a far lower level of cohesiveness than local firms local managers. The important variables which differentiate the two groups in terms of cohesiveness are found to be sense of inequity in rewards, negative group image, and sense of temporality.