Cross-cultural management : foundations and future / / edited by Dean Tjosvold, Kwok Leung

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910953629303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-315-25883-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (189 pages) : illustrations, tables
• Collana: Cross-Cultural Management Series
• Altri autori (Persone): LeungKwok <1958->; TjosvoldDean
• Disciplina: 658.3/0089
• Soggetti: Industrial management; Diversity in the workplace - Management; Multiculturalism; Intercultural communication
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "An Ashgate book"--Cover.; First published 2003 by Ashgate Publishing.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Forty-five years of researching the culture and behavior link / Harry C. Triandis -- 2. The universal and the specific in the 21st century management / Geert Hofstede -- 3. Cross-cultural social psychology and the real world of culturally diverse teams and dyads / Michael Harris Bond -- 4. Meeting the challenge of cultural difference / Peter B. Smith -- 5. Using emics and etics in cross-cultural organizational studies : universal and local, tacit and explicit / Mark F. Peterson and S. Antonio Ruiz Quintanilla -- 6. Human resource management in a global world : the contigency framework extended / Rosalie L. Tung and David C. Thomas -- 7. Cultural diversity in cross-border alliances / Susan E. Jackson and Randall S. Schuler -- 8. Knowledge in cross-cultural management in the era of globalization : where do we go from here? / Rabi S. Bhagatt, B. Ram Baliga, Karen South Moustafa and Balaji Krishnan.
• Sommario/riassunto: Academics worldwide need empirically developed, concise ideas to make their cross-cultural teams and organizations productive. This invaluable reference tool provides an essential resource for academics ; to develop their understanding and professional practice in working across cultural boundaries. It considers the fundamental theories and frameworks of cross-cultural management and deepens our understanding of how they can be applied to management knowledge. Managers, researchers, students, HRM practitioners, and specialists in international business and cross-cultural affairs, will find this book a valuable reference source. Chapters suggest how frameworks can be further developed and how managers and employees can put them to use so as to build cross-cultural understanding and productive cross-functional teams.