The Blackwell Handbook of Cross-Cultural Management

by Gannon, Martin J.; Newman, Karen

• ISBN13: 9780631214304
• ISBN10: 0631214305
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-08
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This is the first handbook to provide an overview of the major theoretical perspectives in cross-cultural management and to look at how they can be applied to real-world situations. Offers insights into the major cross-cultural issues and problems that managers face . Demonstrates how theoretical perspectives and research findings can be applied to actual situations and organisations. Contributors are leading researchers from a variety of nations and academic disciplines.

Author Biography

Martin J. Gannon is Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Global Business, Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland at College Park. He has authored or co-authored 13 books including Managing without Traditional Methods: International Innovations in Human Resource Management (1996), Ethical Dimensions of International Management (1997), Dynamics of Competitive Strategy (1992) and Understanding Global Cultures (2001).

Karen L. Newman is Dean of the School of the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond. She is the co-author of Managing Radical Organizational Change (1998).

Table of Contents

List of Figures	viii
List of Tables	ix
List of Contributors	x
Preface	xviii
Editors' Introduction	xx
Part I Frameworks for Cross-Cultural Management	1	(46)
National Culture and Economic Growth	5	(11)
Richard H. Franke
Geert Hofstede
Michael Harris Bond
Generic Individualism and Collectivism	16	(31)
Harry C. Triandis
Part II Strategy, Structure, and Inter-Organizational Relationships	47	(74)
Cultures, Institutions, and Strategic Choices: Toward an Institutional Perspective on Business Strategy	52	(15)
Mike W. Peng
Knowledge Acquisition through Alliances: Opportunities and Challenges	67	(11)
Paul Almeida
Robert Grant
Anupama Phene
Cooperative Strategies Between Firms: International Joint Ventures	78	(21)
Louis Hebert
Paul Beamish
The Importance of the Strategy--Structure Relationship in MNCs	99	(22)
William Egelhoff
Part III Managing Human Resources Across Cultures	121	(64)
Human Resource Practices in Multinational Companies	126	(16)
Chris Brewster
Goal Setting, Performance Appraisal, and Feedback across Cultures	142	(13)
Pino G. Audia
Svenja Tams
Employee Development and Expatriate Assignments	155	(30)
Mark E. Mendenhall
Torsten M. Kuhimann
Gunther K. Stahi
Joyce S. Osland
Part IV Motivation, Rewards, and Leadership Behavior	185	(66)
Culture, Motivation, Rewards and Work Behavior	190	(27)
Richard M. Steers
Carlos J. Sanchez-Runde
Cross-Cultural Leadership	217	(19)
Peter B. Smith
Mark F. Peterson
Women Joining Men as Global Leaders in the New Economy	236	(15)
Nancy J. Adler
Part V Interpersonal Processes	251	(64)
Structural Identity Theory and the Dynamics of Cross-Cultural Work Groups	256	(27)
P. Christopher Earley
Marty Laubach
Cross-Cultural Communication	283	(9)
Richard Mead
Colin J. Jones
Metaphor and the Cultural Construction of Negotiation: A Paradigm for Research and Practice	292	(23)
Michele J. Gelfand
Christopher McCusker
Part VI Corporate Cultures and Values	315	(78)
Justice, Culture and Corporate Image: The Swoosh, the Sweatshops, and the Sway of Public Opinion	320	(15)
Robert J. Bies
Jerald Greenberg
Trust in Cross-Cultural Relationships	335	(26)
Jean L. Johnson
John B. Cullen
Business Ethics across Cultures	361	(32)
Diana C. Robertson
References	393	(71)
Index	464