| Value | Description | Example item |
| Being on time in a direct way | The extent to which employers and employees evaluate the degree of punctuality in daily work situations | Being late for meeting at work |
| Being on time with a condition | The extent of punctuality the employers and employees evaluate in daily work situations, but with a condition added | Asking for a deadline extension if I have good reasons |
| Taking part in decision-making | The extent to which decision-making between higher managers and employees in daily work situations is shared | Being consulted before the employers/higher managers’ decisions are made |
| Open relationship with higher managers | The degree of intimacy or closeness in daily communication in the workplace between employers and employees | Talking freely to higher managers |
| Accountability | The extent to which self-accountability in their daily work situations is performed by the employees and employers evaluate and control their employees’ accountability in these situations | Being kept responsible for the quality of the work that I produce |
| Face concern | The extent to which employees save their face in order to keep their own and others’ prestige in daily work situations | Withdrawing my point of view instead of encountering my employers/higher managers |
| Autocratic versus work-performance orientation | The extent to which how employees’ work-performance is controlled and evaluated by their higher managers | Promotion on the basis of my actual contribution |