MANAGEMENT AND CHANGE IN THE SOUTHAFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE: A Cross-Cultural Study.

The military in South Africa has gone through major changes as pan of the wider society's transition from apartheid to democracy necessitating the integration ofa multicultural force This article develops a theoretical frame work for understanding these cross-cultural dynamics. It reports an empirical management study investigating the perceptions of the different cultural groups to better understand the process of cross-cultural integration in an institution whose stability and success has major implications for Southern African society. It finds significant differences in attitudes among cultural groups, This has implications for under- standing multicultural change processes in similar institutions in transition around the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]