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INTRODUCTION
Tricia S. JonesThe relationship between culture and conflict in organizations is a difficult one. This introduction discusses some of the fundamental questions stimulating research in this area…
MANAGERIAL CONFLICT INTERVENTION IN ORGANIZATIONS: TRAVERSING THE CULTURAL MOSAIC
A.R. ElangovanThe rapid globalization of modern business and the multicultural nature of its workforce pose major challenges for leadership and human resource management in 1990s. One important…
TOWARD A METHOD OF EXPOSING HIDDEN ASSUMPTIONS IN MULTICULTURAL CONFLICT
Judith Y. Weisinger, Paul F. SalipanteThis study examines the method of scenario analysis as a means of exposing hidden assumptions which cause misattributions that lead to multicultural conflict and as a way of…
THE IMPACT OF CROSS‐FUNCTIONAL TEAMWORK ON WORKFORCE INTEGRATION
Diane Irvine, G. Ross BakerThis paper outlines a theoretical framework for studying the integration of ethnically diverse workforces in public service organizations. Individual and work group…
INTEGRATING AND PRESERVING A DIFFERENT CULTURE AFTER ACQUISITION
Yaakov Weber, Yoav Ganzach, Haim Ben‐YeminiWhen organizations with disparate cultures are merged, the culture of the acquired organization often represents a counterculture for the acquiring firm. Scholars and consultants…
CONFLICT IN A MULTICULTURAL ORGANIZATION: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER WORK‐RELATED CULTURAL ASSUMPTIONS BETWEEN CHINESE AND AMERICAN CO‐WORKERS
Xuejian YuThis paper presents an analysis of interview data and field notes from participant observation collected during a four‐month period to discover different work‐related cultural…
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