Cross-Cultural Management in Work Organisations

Cross-Cultural Management in Work Organisations is an engaging and accessible text specifically designed to support you, whether you are studying at undergraduate, MBA or other postgraduate level. It provides a comprehensive and topical introduction to cross-cultural social relations at work, and offers an evaluation of existing and emerging frameworks for understanding cross-cultural differences and the ways in which they affect workplace attitudes and behaviour.

This text will benefit you in your study of the subject by:

    _ Encouraging you to engage critically with the subject through reflective questions, plentiful examples, and other activities.
    _ Discussing the intercultural competencies needed by managers dealing with employees from diverse cultural backgrounds.
    _ Pointing to implications of awareness of cultural difference for HRM strategies and policies.
    _ Enabling you to explore emerging alternative approaches to the subject area and to gain insight into impact   of the cultural and non-cultural factors on a range of topics.
    _ Applying theories and models to a 21st century context including coverage of ‘new’ organisational forms such as networked and virtual organisations.