| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| ·Purposes of the Study | 第10页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Methodology | 第11页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter two Literature Review | 第13-31页 |
| ·Culture and the Nature of Culture | 第13-16页 |
| ·Culture and Culture Defined | 第13-14页 |
| ·Nature of Culture | 第14-16页 |
| ·Cultural Patterns | 第16-22页 |
| ·Culture and Motivation | 第22-24页 |
| ·Motivation Defined | 第22-23页 |
| ·Culture and Motivation | 第23-24页 |
| ·Knowledge Employee and Motivation | 第24-26页 |
| ·Knowledge Employee Defined | 第24-25页 |
| ·Knowledge Employee and Motivation | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Previous Researches on Motivation | 第26-31页 |
| ·The Review on Classic Motivational Theories | 第26-28页 |
| ·Maslow’s Need Hierarchy Theory | 第26-27页 |
| ·Herzberg’s Motivator-hygiene Theory | 第27页 |
| ·McClelland’s Three-factor Theory | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Review on the Previous Researches on the Knowledge Employee Motivation | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter Three Cultural Influences on the Motivational Factors of Chinese and American Knowledge Employees | 第31-45页 |
| ·Two Cultures are Involved in the Comparison | 第31-35页 |
| ·American Culture and Its Characteristics | 第31-33页 |
| ·Chinese Culture and Its Characteristics | 第33-35页 |
| ·Analyzing Cultural Influences on Employee Motivation and Putting Forward the Hypotheses to be Tested | 第35-45页 |
| ·Individualism-Collectivism Dimension | 第39-40页 |
| ·Uncertainty Avoidance Dimension | 第40-42页 |
| ·Power Distance Dimension | 第42-43页 |
| ·Masculinity-Femininity Dimension | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Four Questionnaire Results and the Test of Hypotheses | 第45-65页 |
| ·Procedures and Participants | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Data Processing and Questionnaire Results | 第46-65页 |
| ·Hypothesis 1 | 第47-55页 |
| ·Hypothesis 2 | 第55-58页 |
| ·Hypothesis 3 | 第58-61页 |
| ·Hypothesis 4 | 第61-65页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第65-69页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations | 第66-67页 |
| ·Recommendations | 第67-69页 |
| ·Recommendations for Managers | 第67页 |
| ·Recommendations for Future Studies | 第67-69页 |
| Appendix | 第69-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-74页 |
