International/cross-cultural management and/or work.
Write a literature review of empirical work that focuses on international/cross-cultural management and/or work.
Focus on research from year 2000 onwards and use books and journal articles available to you through the databases at UCB Athens.
Write a critical review of recent empirical research that uses ONE of the following theoretical constructs:
A) High Context /Low Context Communication
B) Cultural Values
Critically evaluate the major theoretical and empirical studies of national cultural differences, assessing their impact and contributions on managing across cultures Critically evaluate the business implications of globalisation for effective management
Sample Solution
International/cross-cultural management and/or work
Cross-cultural management includes the study of the influence of societal culture on management and management practices as well as the study of the cultural orientations of individual managers and organization members. A company that embraces multiple cultures and diversity as a whole will have happier colleagues. If employees feel appreciated for the differences they bring, they will be more confident in who they are, and in turn, be happier in their working environment. A quarter century of culture’s consequences, is a recent research that uses culture values, to review empirical research incorporating Hofstede cultural values framework [Journal of International Business Studies 37, 285-320, 2006]. Cross-cultural management helps us to interact, understand and deal with people who belong to other cultures. It is important today because the organizations of today are global entities rather than regional or national outfits that they used to be in the previous decades.
