Advances in International Comparative Management

by Cheng, Joseph L. C.; Peterson, Richard B.

• ISBN13: 9780762301744
• ISBN10: 0762301740
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Jai

Summary

This volume introduces the AICM Distinguished Scholar Award and Research Forum which recognizes individuals who have made outstanding scholarly contributions to the cross-national or cross-cultural study of organizations and management. This volume offers an important article by Professor Harry C. Triandis of the University of Illinois who was the recipient of the 1998 AICM Distinguished Scholar Award, with commentaries by leading researchers in the areas of international organizational behavior and human resource management. Additional articles cover a wide range of management topics with an international focus, including: organizational risk taking, corporate governance, performance appraisal, distributive justice values, strategic human resource management, and expatriate performance. These articles, along with the Research Forum papers, present a rich diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches and represent some of the best thinking in the field.

Table of Contents

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS	vii	(2)
REVIEWER ACKNOWLEDGMENT	ix	(2)
NOTICE TO AUTHORS	xi	(2)
PREFACE	xiii
Joseph L. C. Cheng
Richard B. Peterson
PART I. RESEARCH FORUM	3	(78)
INTRODUCTION AND INTERVIEW WITH HARRY C. TRIANDIS, RECIPIENT OF THE 1998 AICM DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD	3	(4)
Joseph L. C. Cheng
Richard B. Peterson
VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL INDIVIDUALISM AND COLLECTIVISM: THEORY AND RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT	7	(30)
Harry C. Triandis
COMMENTARY: THE THEORY OF VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL INDIVIDUALISM AND COLLECTIVISM: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT	37	(8)
Wayne F. Cascio
COMMENTARY: EXPLORING NEW DIRECTIONS IN CULTURAL CONTEXT: APPLYING TRIANDIS'S TYPOLOGY TO ORGANIZATIONAL FACE THEORY	45	(8)
P. Christopher Earley
COMMENTARY: IMPLICATIONS OF VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL INDIVIDUALISM AND COLLECTIVISM FOR LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS	53	(14)
Peter W. Dorfman
COMMENTARY: THE CROSS-CULTURAL DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT OF HIGH RELIABILITY ORGANIZATIONS AND SYSTEMS OF ORGANIZATIONS: CONCEPTUAL HELP FROM THE TRIANDIS REVIEW	67	(10)
Karlene H. Roberts
POSTSCRIPT	77	(4)
Harry C. Triandis
PART II. ARTICLES	81
ORGANIZATIONAL RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR IN DIFFERING INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS: A COMPARISON OF MANAGERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC	81	(40)
Alice C. Stewart
Mona V. Makhija
RESEARCH ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: A COMPARISON OF GERMANY, JAPAN, AND UNITED STATES	121	(36)
Rolf Buhner
Abdul Rashee
Joseph Rosenstein
Toru Yoshikawa
THE IMPACT OF NATIONAL CULTURE ON HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: THE CASE OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL	157	(28)
John Milliman
Stephen Nason
Elayne Gallagher
Paul Huo
Mary Ann Von Glinow
Kevin B. Lowe
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CHINESE AND U.S. DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE VALUES, GOALS, AND ALLOCATIVE BEHAVIORS	185	(22)
Daniel J. Miller
Jane K. Giacobbe-Miller
Weijun Zhang
A PARTIAL TEST OF A MODEL OF STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT	207	(30)
Sully Taylor
Schon Beechler
Michelle Najjar
B. C. Ghosh
THE EXPATRIATE EXPERIENCE: A CRITICAL REVIEW AND SYNTHESIS	237	(38)
David C. Thomas
ERRATUM	275