ABSTRACT
Knowledge of cultural differences is key to global management education. It has been well documented that cultural values differ significantly between populations and that respective management styles are also likely to differ (Banai and Katsounotos 1993; Terpstra and David 1985). In addition, these differences have crucial implications for future working relationships between managers from the United States and Africa. One important cultural difference is dogmatism, which refers to the resistance to change of belief systems-that is, a group of ideas and beliefs organized into a closed system (Fiechtner and Krayer 1987). It represents the degree to which an individual’s mind-set (belief-disbelief system) is open or closed. The purpose of this research is to inform the development of an entrepreneurship curriculum in Ghana that effectively takes into account the role of dogmatism, self-esteem, and locus of control, which are basic beliefs that people hold with respect to their interaction with others and the world around them.
