In a collectivistic society, on the other hand, members identify with the organization and act in unison to accomplish the organization's goals. The sense of interdependence, loyalty, and joint obligation to the system would also foster a more cooperative and informal communication and coordination mechanism to operate in the system as the goals of the organization are being achieved.
Thus, in an individualistic society such as the U.S., more formal communication and coordination processes may have to be resorted to than in a collectivistic society, such as Japan. Based on this, the following hypothesis is formulated: