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1 online resource (450 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; The audience of this book; Structure of this book; The sources; Acknowledgments; About the author; List of acronyms; Part I: Overview: Culture and its impact on business; 1. Culture: A complex construct of many layers; Introduction; Varied definitions of culture and the resulting intellectual debate; Contention 1: Is culture shared?; Contention 2: Is culture unique and homogenous within a geographic entity?; Contention 3: Is culture stable or is it dynamic? |
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Alternative nomenclatures for the term 'culture'Various epistemological stances guiding culture studies; Culture and its significance in an era of globalization; What knowledge gap does this book address?; Structure and layout of this book; Concluding remarks; 2. The impact of culture on businesses; Introduction; Brief introduction to Geert Hofstede's framework of national cultures; Culture's impact on various micro- and meso-organizational phenomena; Culture's impact on micro-organizational phenomena; Culture and personal motives; Culture and feedback; Culture and rewards |
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Culture's impact on meso-organizational phenomenaCulture and job satisfaction; Culture and negotiations; Culture and learning; Culture's impact on various aspects of international business ventures; Culture and the creation of international business ventures; Culture and trust-building in international business relations; Culture and the success/failure of international business collaborations; Concluding remarks; Notes; Additional reading; Part II: Introducing and critiquing conventional frameworks of culture; 3. Introducing and critiquing national, societal and regional culture frameworks |
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IntroductionHofstede's national culture framework; A critique of Hofstede's national culture framework; Edward Hall's framework of context and time; A critique of Hall's framework of context and time; Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner's societal culture framework; A critique of Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner's societal culture framework; Global Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness (GLOBE) study; A critique of the GLOBE study; Shalom Schwartz's cultural orientations framework and values theory |
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A critique of Schwartz's cultural orientations framework and values theoryConcluding remarks; Additional reading; 4. Comparing national, societal and regional frameworks of culture and exposing recent developments in the field; Introduction; Comparing national, societal and regional frameworks of culture; Critiquing national, societal and regional frameworks of culture; Reflection point 1: Have the conventional frameworks of culture satisfactorily conceptualized and operationalized culture? |
| Summary |
The internationalization of business via the process of globalization has brought issues of culture to the forefront of management thinking. Although culture is by no means a new area of study in business schools, it remains frustratingly elusive and misunderstood. This textbook gives business students - or future managers - an understanding of the multitude of frameworks available to them to make sense of the cultural contexts they will encounter in their managerial careers. Starting from a general introduction to 'culture' and its role in businesses, Taran Patel encourages readers t |
| Notes |
Reflection point 2: Is national identity a passive embodiment of a predetermined cultural template as conventional frameworks of culture dictate? |
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Print version record |
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Management -- Cross-cultural studies
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Culture
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
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Culture
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Management
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134576265 |
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1134576269 |
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