The Blackwell Handbook of Cross-Cultural

This is the first handbook to provide an overview of the major theoretical perspectives in cross-cultural management and to look at how they can be applied to real-world situations. Offers insights into the major cross-cultural issues and problems that managers face . Demonstrates how theoretical perspectives and research findings can be applied to actual situations and organisations. Contributors are leading researchers from a variety of nations and academic disciplines.

Martin J. Gannon is Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Global Business, Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland at College Park. He has authored or co-authored 13 books including Managing without Traditional Methods: International Innovations in Human Resource Management (1996), Ethical Dimensions of International Management (1997), Dynamics of Competitive Strategy (1992) and Understanding Global Cultures (2001).

Karen L. Newman is Dean of the School of the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond. She is the co-author of Managing Radical Organizational Change (1998).

List of Figures

viii

List of Tables

ix

List of Contributors

x

Preface

xviii

Editors' Introduction

xx

Part I Frameworks for Cross-Cultural Management

1

(46)

National Culture and Economic Growth

5

(11)

Richard H. Franke

Geert Hofstede

Michael Harris Bond

Generic Individualism and Collectivism

16

(31)

Harry C. Triandis

Part II Strategy, Structure, and Inter-Organizational Relationships

47

(74)

Cultures, Institutions, and Strategic Choices: Toward an Institutional Perspective on Business Strategy

52

(15)

Mike W. Peng

Knowledge Acquisition through Alliances: Opportunities and Challenges

67

(11)

Paul Almeida

Robert Grant

Anupama Phene

Cooperative Strategies Between Firms: International Joint Ventures

78

(21)

Louis Hebert

Paul Beamish

The Importance of the Strategy--Structure Relationship in MNCs

99

(22)

William Egelhoff

Part III Managing Human Resources Across Cultures

121

(64)

Human Resource Practices in Multinational Companies

126

(16)

Chris Brewster

Goal Setting, Performance Appraisal, and Feedback across Cultures

142

(13)

Pino G. Audia

Svenja Tams

Employee Development and Expatriate Assignments

155

(30)

Mark E. Mendenhall

Torsten M. Kuhimann

Gunther K. Stahi

Joyce S. Osland

Part IV Motivation, Rewards, and Leadership Behavior

185

(66)

Culture, Motivation, Rewards and Work Behavior

190

(27)

Richard M. Steers

Carlos J. Sanchez-Runde

Cross-Cultural Leadership

217

(19)

Peter B. Smith

Mark F. Peterson

Women Joining Men as Global Leaders in the New Economy

236

(15)

Nancy J. Adler

Part V Interpersonal Processes

251

(64)

Structural Identity Theory and the Dynamics of Cross-Cultural Work Groups

256

(27)

P. Christopher Earley

Marty Laubach

Cross-Cultural Communication

283

(9)

Richard Mead

Colin J. Jones

Metaphor and the Cultural Construction of Negotiation: A Paradigm for Research and Practice

292

(23)

Michele J. Gelfand

Christopher McCusker

Part VI Corporate Cultures and Values

315

(78)

Justice, Culture and Corporate Image: The Swoosh, the Sweatshops, and the Sway of Public Opinion

320

(15)

Robert J. Bies

Jerald Greenberg

Trust in Cross-Cultural Relationships

335

(26)

Jean L. Johnson

John B. Cullen

Business Ethics across Cultures

361

(32)

Diana C. Robertson

References

393

(71)

Index

464

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The Blackwell Handbook of Cross-Cultural Management

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