Cross-Cultural Management in Complex Organizations: Challenging Dominant Identity Requirements of Mobility and Commitment

Abstract

We examine dominant identity requirements of cross-cultural management (CCM) in complex organizational settings. In particular, we highlight how the norm of “being mobile” as an expression of “being committed” advantages male and single individuals, the holders of a “favourable” passport, and those expressing “individualist” cultural orientations. Out of this follows the need for a power-sensitive CCM.

Citation

Mahadevan, J., Ilie, I.A. and Müller, F. (2021), "Cross-Cultural Management in Complex Organizations: Challenging Dominant Identity Requirements of Mobility and Commitment", Chavan, M. and Taksa, L. (Ed.) Intercultural Management in Practice, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 141-156. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83982-826-320211016