Rasoava Rijamampianina is a senior research associate at Hokkaido University, in Japan. He specializes and has published extensively in the field of multicultural management and organizational learning. His other areas of expertise include Japanese corporate groups, Japanese management, team building, motivation, audit, and accounting science.

Acknowledgements	p. 1
Dare to be Different	p. 1
Undeniable Reasons	p. 1
Facts and Realities	p. 1
Gaps in Prior Studies	p. 2
Resulting Purposes of this Book	p. 5
Golden Differences	p. 5
Dare to be Accurate	p. 7
Culture	p. 7
Reviewing the Concept of Culture	p. 7
Culture Does Matter	p. 10
Cultural Diversity	p. 11
Reviewing the Concept of Cultural Diversity	p. 11
Toward a Scientific Approach of Measuring Cultural Diversity	p. 14
Influences of Cultural Diversity on Management	p. 16
Toward a Scientific Approach of Measuring the Effects of Cultural Diversity on the Workplace Environment, the Management, and the Organizational Performance	p. 26
Limits and Problems of Prior Concepts	p. 27
The Concept of "Divide and Rule"	p. 27
The Concept of "Melting Pot"	p. 28
The Concept of "Salad Bowl"	p. 29
The Concept of Cross-cultural Interface Management	p. 29
Core Competence and Organizational Learning	p. 32
The Concept of Core Competence	p. 32
Anatomy and Evolution of Core Competence	p. 34
The Linkage between Organizational Learning and Core Competence	p. 35
Dare to be Effective	p. 36
Definition of Multicultural Management	p. 36
Model for an Effective Multicultural Management	p. 36
Toward Success Sharing	p. 37
Toward Mental Models Sharing	p. 43
Toward Vision Sharing	p. 54
Toward Core Competence Development	p. 56
Toward Co-success	p. 61
Specific Hypotheses	p. 62
Effects of Cultural Distances	p. 62
Conditions for an Effective Multicultural Management	p. 65
Linkage Between Core Competence Development and Performance	p. 70
Standing in the Gap	p. 71
Quantitative Study	p. 71
Questionnaire for the Management	p. 71
Questionnaire for the Employees	p. 72
Case Study	p. 77
Purpose and Design of the Interview	p. 77
Contents of the Interview	p. 77
Process of the Interview	p. 77
Quantitative Analysis: the Cases of Kraoma and Star	p. 79
Presentation of Madagascar	p. 79
Geographical Situation	p. 79
Population and Cultures	p. 79
Historical Background	p. 83
Madagascarian Organizations	p. 87
Presentation of the Companies	p. 87
Kraomita Malagasy (Kraoma)	p. 87
Star-Madagascar (Star)	p. 94
Kraoma	p. 101
Responses to Questionnaires	p. 101
The Sampled Employees	p. 101
Measurement of Cultural Diversity	p. 102
Hypotheses Testing	p. 108
Interpretations, Findings, and Discussions	p. 137
Star	p. 146
Responses to Questionnaires	p. 146
The Sampled Employees	p. 146
Measurement of Cultural Diversity	p. 148
Hypotheses Testing	p. 153
Interpretations, Findings, and Discussions	p. 185
Summary: A Comparison of the Two Studied Companies	p. 193
Similarities	p. 193
Differences	p. 196
Case Analysis: the Case of Ericsson Toshiba	p. 199
The Firm's Outline	p. 199
The Firm's Workforce	p. 200
The Firm's Core Competence	p. 201
The Third Group's Strategic Functions	p. 202
The New Concept of Contextual Switching	p. 207
Concluding and Further Thoughts	p. 210
Conclusion	p. 210
Implications	p. 211
Theoretical Implications	p. 211
Managerial Implications	p. 212
Further Research	p. 214
References	p. 215
Indicators of the Selected Cultural Dimensions	p. 231
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