Smith-Ch-13.qxd 2/22/2008 9:16 PM CHAPTER Page 219 13 Cross-Cultural Approaches to Leadership Zeynep Aycan Arabs worship their leaders—as long as they are in power! —House‚ Wright‚ and Aditya (1997‚ p. 535) The Dutch place emphasis on egalitarianism and are skeptical about the value of leadership. Terms like leader and manager carry a stigma. If a father is employed as a manager‚ Dutch children will not admit it to their schoolmates. —House et al. (1997‚ p. 535) The Malaysian leader is expected
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International Marketing Review 15‚1 10 Received April 1996 Revised May 1997 Accepted September 1997 Cross-cultural sales negotiations A literature review and research propositions Antonis C. Simintiras The Open University Business School‚ Milton Keynes‚ UK‚ and Andrew H. Thomas European Business Management School‚ University of Wales‚ Swansea‚ UK Introduction International business comprises a large and increasing portion of the world’s total trade (Johnson et al.‚ 1994; Czinkota et al
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1. Between the years 1950 and 1970‚ wages increased significantly allowing most families to achieve the then ideal of a male-breadwinner‚ single income household. Beginning in the 1970s there was an enormous economic shift in the United States. Going from a manufacturing based economy to a service based economy there was a large change in the types of jobs now available to men as more opportunities for women and those with higher education. The level of education an individual received now largely
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Hong Kong style of family management 21st November‚ 2013 Karishma Sujan Wayne Duan Sunnie Zhang Anna Liu In this essay we discuss the cross-cultural differences in the household management of handling children between the Philippines and Hong Kong. Managing children in HK households In Hong Kong‚ Filipino maids make up 3% of the population. They are especially common amongst families who prefer an English speaking maid
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TMA 1 LLS203/05 CROSS CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE Name : HOR CHEE HORNG Student ID : 031140049 Class Code : 3CUL1 Contact No : 012-7665755 Email : cheehorng85@hotmail.com Submission Date: 5th March 2015 Tutor : PERINPARAJAH AL CHINNIAH Course Coordinator: JASMINE SELVARANI No. of Pages : 12 QUESTION 1 COMMUNICATION IS ESSENTIAL IN TODAY GLOBAL BUSINESS WORLD Communication is the basis of business therefore it is essential for us to learn a culture or cultures to help overcome
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to learn how to solve conflict related to these particular incidents. As the workplace expands to represent a wide range of ethnically diverse individuals‚ organizational leaders must learn to effectively resolve conflict related to specific cultural differences. With the globalization of the labor force‚ businesses are working with more culturally diverse employees and co-workers than ever before‚ which is a great experience and at the same time a challenge. Teams that are ethnically diverse have
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can be contributed to the nature of individual needs and to the distribution by managers of work related outcomes perceived by employees as both valid and relevant. In other words‚ managers influence motivation by both making use of individual differences in employee needs and by providing rewards and punishments that are consistent with those needs. Problem: intensity employees need/amount of available rewards/punishment. Need of self-actualization‚ affiliation and power. Extrinsic / intrinsic
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Educational Differences 1 The Educational Differences between The United States and China Ant 101 Intro to Culture Anthropology October 23‚ 2010
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with statement of beauty and fashion is located in the continent of Asia in Eastern Asia. This country is populated with approximately 48‚860‚500 people that communicate in their prior language Korean. Korea is presented to have numerous dilemmas between ancient and modern times. In recent decade‚ Korea has modernized their culture. New development like the destruction of “hanok”‚ the country traditional houses‚ in Seoul’s Gang-dong and other district. Ancient
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Discuss cross cultural studies in gender roles Most research into gender roles has occurred in Western societies‚ and generally shows a clear divide in gender roles‚ most encouraging masculine behaviour in boys‚ and feminine behaviour in girls. However‚ in order to further explore the idea of nature vs. nurture (biological vs. social approach); it is important to research gender roles in a variety of countries. If clear themes‚ it may indicate that gender role development is nature‚ as would
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