The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1746-5648.htm Lost in translation? Language‚ culture and the roles of translator in cross-cultural management research Huiping Xian Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour Division‚ Graduate Business School‚ Manchester Metropolitan University‚ Manchester‚ UK Abstract Purpose – To promote more open discussion on translating data‚ this paper aims to provide a critical and reflexive evaluation
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Introduction to Cross – Cultural Psychology Josie Quezada PSY/ 450 Instructor: Desiree’ Deshay January 29‚ 2015 Psychology has many different branches that concentrate on different areas; one of the branches that focus on how cultural influences human behavior is cross – cultural psychology. Cross – Cultural psychology helps an individual understand the behavior‚ emotions‚ and the ability of connecting with different people from different cultures. It is not only an effective branch in psychology
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The internationalization of human resource management has increased the scope of traditional HRM. Today‚ HR practitioners not only manage people from their home country‚ but one that involve managing many diverse nationalities‚ with which the culture of staff and employees are already well-known or predicted. Companies start business within their country of origin and staff are hired from within that country. However‚ with the arrival of globalization and the shift from industrial to information
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The success of a business in the inescapable merging of the worlds’ markets depends indirectly but quite intensely on how effectively its management and employees are able to communicate across various cultures. Effective communication (O’Shannesy‚ V‚ Minett‚ D & Hyde G 2008) in the workplace builds respect between employers‚ employees and consumers‚ contributes to a higher quality of working life and develops a highly efficient team-oriented environment. In the present state of international
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(meeting social expectations and social rules) and effectiveness (achieving one’s goals). Understanding the individual’s role in cross-cultural communication has gained the attention of several researchers (Gudykunst‚ 1998; Ting-Toomey‚ 1988).Gudykunst as well as others (Klopf‚ 2001; Ting-Toomey‚ 1988) have given us a framework for examining the role that general cultural dimensions play in the communication process. Gudykunst‚ in his 1998 book titled Bridging Differences: Effective Intergroup Communication
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Week 5 Individual Assignment: Ethical Cross Cultural Perspectives at Starbuck’s Coffee Vita Carnevale December 5‚ 2012 Dr. Lena Watson / Ethics316 Ethical Cross Cultural Perspectives at Starbuck’s Coffee Multinational Corporations “MNC” such as Starbucks‚ are important factors in the processes of globalization. National and local governments often compete against one another to attract the type of company’s facilities‚ with the hopes
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.........................................6 2.1 Cultural Patterns...........................................................................................................6 2.2 Cultural Adaptation Theory .........................................................................................8 2.2.1 Adaptation ...........................................................................................................9 2.2.2 Kim’s Cross-cultural Adaptation Theory and Model ....................
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Introduction The business manual is constructed to be beneficial to the point of view of a new employee within Unilever. It focuses on broadening the knowledge of the new employee to better understand the various aspects of the business. The business manual introduces and explains the internal management of Unilever such as; its strategy‚ operations‚ organizational structure‚ management‚ value chain‚ communications‚ and financial situation.
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Unilever in brazil — Document Transcript * 1. This case deals with Unilever home care division and in specific the detergent brands in the two major regions in Brazil :The North East and the South East .Major differences exist between these two regions in terms of wealth‚ culture and needs that influence the performances andsales of Unilever detergent brands available in the Brazilian market.We will explain in a little introduction Unilever the company‚ its competitor and its performances
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other choice other than Unilever because this is the organization which has always fascinated me. This interest of mine was born by my curious nature. Whenever I use a product‚ I always want to know the details‚ such as what ingredients it has‚ which company manufactures it‚ what other varieties are available‚ etc. After a while‚ I noticed that every product from soap to tea which I used had one thing in common. This is a very unique logo which forms a ‘U’ and the name of Unilever. I started wondering
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