Bringing Culture to the Table…

Abstract

Throughout this volume, the authors have clearly taken as their task assessing how management theory and practice can be improved by understanding cultural differences in cognition, emotion, and interpersonal processes. And, as noted above, they have been generally successful in demonstrating that findings from cultural research have significant implications for management theory. But I would like to look at the products of this volume from a slightly different perspective and ask how thinking about culture in terms of management issues might impact research and theory on cultural differences. In particular, I will consider how the chapters in this volume might help us go beyond some traditional understandings of the nature of cultural differences.

Citation

Brewer, M.B. (2006), "Bringing Culture to the Table…", Chen, Y.-R. (Ed.) National Culture and Groups (Research on Managing Groups and Teams, Vol. 9), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 353-365. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1534-0856(06)09014-1