Values, expectations, ad hoc rules, and culture emergence in international cross-cultural management contexts /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zhang, Xibao
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2009.
Colección:Focus on civilizations and cultures.
Temas:
International business enterprises > Management > Cross-cultural studies.
Management > Cross-cultural studies.
Management > Social aspects > China.
Corporate culture > Cross-cultural studies.
Corporate culture > China.
Culture.
Industrial sociology.
Entreprises multinationales > Gestion > Études transculturelles.
Gestion > Études transculturelles.
Gestion > Aspect social > Chine.
Culture organisationnelle > Études transculturelles.
Culture organisationnelle > Chine.
Sociologie industrielle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
Corporate culture
Culture
Industrial sociology
International business enterprises > Management
Management
Management > Social aspects
China
Cross-cultural studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • VALUES, EXPECTATIONS, AD HOCRULES, AND CULTURE EMERGENCE ININTERNATIONAL CROSS-CULTURALMANAGEMENT CONTEXTS; CONTENTS; PROLOGUE; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF CHINESE TERMS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1.1. BACKGROUND; 1.2. RESEARCH QUESTIONS; 1.3. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; 1.4. SCOPE; 1.5. RATIONALE; 1.5.1. The Trend of Globalization; 1.5.2. The Need for a New Conceptualization of Culture; 1.5.3. The Need for Conducting Culture Research in the Chinese Context; 1.6. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND METHOD; 1.6.1. Research Methodology; 1.6.2. Research Method; 1.7. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS.
  • 1.8. LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDYLITERATURE REVIEW: THECONCEPTUALIZATION OF CULTURE; 2.1. TRADITIONAL CONCEPTUALIZATIONS; 2.1.1. The Concept of Culture; 2.1.2. Early Scientific Definitions; 2.1.1.1. Values as a Central Element; 2.1.2.2. A Review of the Most Frequently Cited Early Definitions; 2.2. VALUES-CENTERED DEFINITIONS OF CULTURE IN EARLYMANAGEMENT LITERATURE; 2.2.1. The Centrality of Values; 2.2.2. Other Elements of Culture; 2.2.3. Level of Analysis; 2.3. CULTURE IN INTERNATIONAL CROSS-CULTURALMANAGEMENT RESEARCH; 2.3.1. The Cross-National Comparison Stream; 2.3.1.1. Hofstede's Works.
  • 2.3.1.2. The GLOBE Project2.3.1.3. Limitations of this Stream; 2.3.2. The Intercultural Interaction Stream; 2.3.2.1. Research on Organizational Culture; 2.3.2.2. The Interpretive Paradigm; 2.3.2.3. Application of Anthropological Theory and Methodology; 2.3.2.4. Intercultural Communication; 2.3.2.5. Major Characteristics of the Intercultural Interaction Stream; 2.3.3. The Multiple Cultures Stream; 2.4. THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN CONCEPTUALIZATIONSOF CULTURE; 2.4.1. Anthropology; 2.4.2. Sociology; 2.5. CONCLUSION; TOWARDS A DIALECTICCONCEPTUALIZATION OF CULTURE.
  • 3.1. RECENT DYNAMICS- AND PROCESS-ORIENTEDCONCEPTUALIZATIONS3.1.1. The Ecocultural Framework; 3.1.2. The Cultural Evolution Theory of the Firm; 3.1.3. The Dynamic Multi-Level Model of Culture; 3.2. ANCIENT CHINESE PHILOSOPHY; 3.2.1. Overview of Ancient Chinese Philosophy; 3.2.2. Key Principles of Ancient Chinese Philosophy; 3.2.2.1. The Embodiment of Reason in Experience; 3.2.2.2. Epistemological-Pragmatic Unity; 3.2.2.3. Part-Whole Interdetermination; 3.2.2.4. Yin-Yang Dialectic Transformation; 3.2.3. Applications of Chinese Philosophy to Management Research.
  • 3.3. TOWARDS A DIALECTIC CONCEPTUALIZATION OF CULTURE3.3.1. Three Fundamental Premises; 3.3.1.1. Premise I: Collective Nature; 3.3.1.2. Premise II: Inseparability from Behavior; 3.3.1.3. Premise III: Momentum to "Drift"; 3.3.2. Culture as a Dialectic Process of Interaction and MutualTransformation; 3.3.2.1. Culture as a Process of Human Interaction; 3.3.2.2. Culture as a Dialectic Process of Mutual Transformation; 3.3.3. Theoretical and Methodological Implications; 3.3.3.1. Theoretical Implications; 3.3.3.2. Methodological Implications; 3.4. CONCLUSION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND METHOD.

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