TY - CHAP AB - This paper explores the empirical relationships between the global orientation of the top management team, geocentrism of the staffing and promotion system, and boundary spanning structures and processes with the individual outcome variables of employee commitment to, and excitement about, their job and organization in ten units of two highly diversified high-technology Japanese multinational corporations. The results from the study show that employee perceptions of the top management team’s global orientation, geocentrism, and boundary spanning structures and processes influence individual attitudes of employees in Japanese MNCs. The implications of these results for further research and managerial practice are discussed. VL - 17 SN - 978-0-76231-157-6, 978-1-84950-309-9/1571-5027 DO - 10.1016/S0747-7929(04)17011-X UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0747-7929(04)17011-X AU - Beechler Schon AU - Levy Orly AU - Taylor Sully AU - Boyaçigiller Nakiye ED - Tom Roehl ED - Allan Bird PY - 2004 Y1 - 2004/01/01 TI - DOES IT REALLY MATTER IF JAPANESE MNCs THINK GLOBALLY? T2 - Japanese Firms in Transition: Responding to the Globalization Challenge T3 - Advances in International Management PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 261 EP - 288 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -