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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Dealing With Cross-Cultural Differences at Workplace in the UAE OR Impact of Cross-Cultural Differences On Adjustment of Expatriate Employees in the Work Environment of the UAE INTRODUCTION / LITERATURE REVIEW The working environment in the UAE has seen huge changes in the last 25 years or so. The change has been introduced primarily by the opening up of multinational firms in the UAE. This has created job opportunities for expatriates‚ therefore bringing about a large diversity in the
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BA361: Cross-Cultural Business Communication Fall 2012; CRN 11688 Lillis 255 Instructor: Kay Westerfield Office: 194 Esslinger Wing A (entrance next to MacCourt) Office hours: TUES 3:00-4:30‚ WED 12:00-1:30‚ and by appointment Email: kwesterf@uoregon.edu Office phone: 541-346-1094 _________________________________________________________________________________________ Course Materials (Note the 5th edition of textbook.) Intercultural Communication in the Global Workplace. 2010. 5th edition
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Running head: Cultural Dynamics Cross-Cultural Dynamics in the Workplace Liberty University Abstract In a world of increasing globalization and cross-cultural interaction‚ there are many barriers‚ which hinder the communication process. These barriers‚ present through cultural differences‚ can be a strength or a weakness to an organization. Leadership and managers alike‚ can minimize the effects of weaknesses‚ and capitalize on the strengths‚ only if they understand the cross-cultural dynamics they
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Introduction It is an open fact that the ability to communicate and effectively resolve conflict among various ethnic employees within an organization is a reality that management faces today. It is crucial for managers to learn how to address concerns voiced by individuals of a different background. This ensures that the organization will run smoothly and the employees ’ will be satisfied and confident that they are valued by the company. However‚ it is important to learn how to solve conflict
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23:181–192‚ 2011 Copyright c 2011 Marieke de Mooij and Geert Hofstede BV ISSN: 0896-1530 print / 1528-7068 online DOI: 10.1080/08961530.2011.578057 Cross-Cultural Consumer Behavior: A Review of Research Findings Marieke de Mooij Geert Hofstede ABSTRACT. Most aspects of consumer behavior are culture-bound. This article reviews the cultural relationships with the self‚ personality‚ and attitude‚ which are the basis of consumer behavior models and branding and advertising strategies. The Hofstede
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Running head: Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology Anne Solomon Diversity and Cultural Factors in Psychology/PSY450 Professor Iman Turner July 3‚ 2011 Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology Cross-cultural psychology is the critical and comparative study of the effects on human psychology. Cross-cultural psychology draws its conclusions from at least two samples that represent at least two cultural groups. Because cross-cultural psychology is about comparisons‚ it is crucial
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Cross Cultural Communication Process Communication is the act of transmitting messages‚ including information about the nature of the relationship‚ to another person who interprets these messages and gives them the meaning. Both the sender and the receiver of the message play an active role in the process. Successful communication requires not only that the message is transmitted but also understood. For this understanding to occur‚ the sender and receiver must share a vast amount of common information
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Global Cultural Flows The international cultural flows that exist today are outlined by the global theorist Arjun Appadurai (1996). He uses the suffix –scape to allow us to understand the fluid‚ irregular shapes that characterize international capital and indicate that they are not visibly the same from each angle but are influenced by historical‚ linguistic‚ and political situations. These landscapes are the building blocks that Appadurai calls “imagined worlds” – the multiple worlds that are
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Subject: Avoiding Cross-Cultural Miscommunication It has been brought to our attention in Human Resources that our organization will begin international business at the beginning of the new year‚ which is just less than five months away. There are several negative situations that can occur within our organization due to cross-cultural miscommunication. When cross-cultural communications do not translate as intended‚ people can take with them a complete different message which can cause costly
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