Journal of Business Research 60 (2007) 277 – 284 Hofstede ’s dimensions of culture in international marketing studies Ana Maria Soares a‚⁎‚ Minoo Farhangmehr a‚1 ‚ Aviv Shoham b‚2 a School of Economics and Management‚ University of Minho‚ 4710-057‚ Braga‚ Portugal b Graduate School of Management‚ University of Haifa‚ Haifa‚ 31905‚ Israel Received 1 March 2006; received in revised form 1 August 2006; accepted 1 October 2006 Abstract Growth of research addressing the relationship between
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Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study‚ or criticism or review‚ as permitted under the relevant copyright‚ designs and patents acts‚ this publication may only be reproduced‚ stored or transmitted‚ in any form or by any means‚ with the prior permission in writing of the publishers. RIDING THE WAVES OF CULTURE Second Edition RIDING THE WAVES OF CULTURE UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN BUSINESS FONS TROMPENAARS AND CHARLES HAMPDEN-TURNER
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References: Bales‚ R. F.‚ & Strodtbeck‚ F. L. 1951. Phases in group problem solving. Joumal of Abnormal and Social Psychology‚ 46: 485-495. Eldrege‚ N.‚ & Gould‚ S. J. 1972. Punctuated equilibria: An alternative to phyletic gradualism. In T. J. Schopf (Ed.). Models in paleobiology: 82-115
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Chris Shilling Culture‚ the ‘sick role’ and the consumption of health ABSTRACT This paper revisits Parsons’s conception of the ‘sick role’ and examines the relevance of his writings on the cultural understanding of sickness to the consumption of health in the contemporary era. In terms of current developments‚ I focus on the development of pro-active approaches towards the healthy body‚ and the growth of ‘information rich’ consumers of health care. These have become prominent themes in
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Chester Barnard and the Systems Approach to Nurturing Organizations Andrea Gabor Joseph T. Mahoney Baruch College‚ City University of New York University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign‚ College of Business Abstract Chester Barnard was best known as the author of The Functions of the Executive‚ perhaps the 20thcentury’s most influential book on management and leadership. Barnard offers a systems approach to the study of organization‚ which contains a psychological theory of motivation
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THE IMPACT OF VARIABLES ON LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS IN KULIM HI-TECH KEDAH DARUL AMAN BY melinda JANUARY 2013 THE IMPACT OF SELECTED VARIABLES ON LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS IN KULIM HI-TECH PARK KEdah ……………………………………… ……………………………………… Name: Ms. SITRA I/C No: Research Supervisor Index Number: PP102383 Word Count:
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Cultural influences on tourist buying behavior The aim of this article is to identify cultural differences in tourist buying behavior and decision process. OBJECTIVES After completing this article the reader should be able to: - Identify the influence of national culture on tourist personal and psychological characteristics - Understand the influence of national culture on need recognition‚ information search‚ product evaluation‚ purchase decision and post-purchase behavior - Explain the
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[pic] Edward T. Hall “The Silent Language” [pic] Skopje‚ 2010 Edward T. Hall was born in Webster Groves‚ Missouri. He has taught at the University of Denver‚ Colorado‚ Bennington College in Vermont‚Harvard Business School‚ Illinois Institute of Technology‚ Northwestern University in Illinois and others. The foundation for his lifelong research on cultural perceptions of space was laid during World War II when he served in the U.S. Army in Europe and the Philippines. From 1933 through
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Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior Annu. Rev. Psychol. 2007.58:479-514. Downloaded from arjournals.annualreviews.org by University Of Maryland on 12/11/06. For personal use only. Michele J. Gelfand‚1 Miriam Erez‚2 and Zeynep Aycan3 1 Department of Psychology‚ University of Maryland‚ College Park‚ Maryland 20742; email: mgelfand@psyc.umd.edu Technion‚ Israel Institute of Technology‚ Technion City‚ Haifa‚ Israel 32000; email: merez@ie.technion.ac.il Department of Psychology‚ Koc University
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Published in Human Relations‚ Vol. 55‚ No. 1‚ [January] 2002‚ pp. 89-118 HOFSTEDE ’S MODEL OF NATIONAL CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES: A TRIUMPH OF FAITH - A FAILURE OF ANALYSIS Brendan McSweeney University of Essex ABSTRACT Geert Hofstede ’s legendary national culture research is critiqued. Crucial assumptions which underlie his claim to have uncovered the secrets of entire national cultures are described and challenged. The plausibility of systematically causal
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