Table of contents
Do Cultural Differences Make a Business Difference?: Contextual Factors Affecting Cross‐cultural Relationship Success
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Richard Ian CornArgues that, although cultural differences clearly affect relationshipswithin organizations, tensions are often triggered first by othercontextual factors. Presents the findings…
Competitive Frontiers: Women Managing across Borders
Nancy J. AdlerExamines the underlying assumptions that companies make about the roleof women in international management. Based on numerous studies,explodes some of the traditional myths about…
A Spanish Acquisition in Eastern Germany: Culture Shock
W. Richard Frederick, Adolfo de la Fuente RodriguezDescribes the Spanish acquisition of a construction company in EastBerlin from the Treuhandanstalt (the East German privatization agency)as well as the contentious renegotiation…
The Four Cornerstones and Three Pillars in the “House of Russia” Management System
Daniel BollingerExamines Russian cultural values and discusses their implications formanagement systems in Russian organizations today. Using Hofstede′s fourcultural dimensions, combines the…
International Barriers to Progress
D. Jack CoaleDescribes the practical problems that the director of human resources ofthe North American subsidiary of a French group encountered related tocultural misunderstandings and…
Cultural Adaptation – The ICL‐Nokia‐Data Merger 1991‐92
Andrew Mayo, Tony HadawayDeveloping people in an international context is a difficult andexpensive activity to manage. It is important that organizationsanalyse carefully the requirements they have, and…
European Competencies – Some Guidelines for Companies
Bruno LeblancReports the results of a task force of directors of HR who, in 1991,teamed up to examine the competencies required for developing companiesin the Single European Market. Looks at…
Creating a High Performance International Team
Sue Canney DavisonEuropean integration and the search for global markets have created manynew international teams. Shows that the effectiveness of a team′sperformance is strongly related to how the…
ISSN:
0262-1711Online date, start – end:
1982Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Associate Professor Magnus Larsson