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Virtual reality technology for workplace training: The case for developing cultural intelligence 职场培训的虚拟现实技术:培养文化智力的案例

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management Pub Date : 2023-10-18 DOI: 10.1177/14705958231208297

Jestine Philip, Yeling Jiang, Mesut Akdere

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Book review: Global fitness for global people: How to manage and leverage cultural diversity at work 书评:《全球人的全球适应性:如何管理和利用工作中的文化多样性》

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management Pub Date : 2023-10-09 DOI: 10.1177/14705958231199864

Yih-Teen Lee

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Host country cultural profile and the performance of foreign subsidiaries in Latin America 东道国文化概况和外国子公司在拉丁美洲的表现

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI: 10.1177/14705958231204728

Henrique Correa da Cunha, Vikkram Singh, Carlyle Farrell

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Informal interorganizational business relationships, satisfaction, and firm performance: Case of Arab Maghreb countries 非正式组织间业务关系、满意度与企业绩效:以阿拉伯马格里布国家为例

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International Journal of Cross Cultural Management Pub Date : 2023-07-28 DOI: 10.1177/14705958231191053

Saïd Toumi, Zhang Su

{"title":"Informal interorganizational business relationships, satisfaction, and firm performance: Case of Arab Maghreb countries","authors":"Saïd Toumi, Zhang Su","doi":"10.1177/14705958231191053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14705958231191053","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding how informal relationships such as Wasta operate in different cultures is necessary for multinationals to thrive. However, studies on the effect of such networks on multinationals' activities in Arab countries remain limited. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of informal inter-organizational business relationships on the satisfaction and performance of firms in Arab Maghreb countries. This research is based on a self-administered survey with 534 procurement managers from Morocco (n = 220), Algeria (n = 148) and Tunisia (n = 166). We used structural equations to test our hypotheses. The results showed that Wasta has almost the same effect on interorganizational relationship in the three Maghreb countries. Specifically, Mojamala (affection) does not influence the satisfaction of the B2B relationship within the three counties under study, while Hamola (reciprocity) and Somah (trust) positively influence this relationship. The analysis showed that the negative side of Somah has a negative influence on satisfaction only in Algeria. The results also showed that satisfaction positively influences the performance of Maghrebian B2B partners. These results show that the phenomenon of Wasta is rooted in the cultures of the Maghreb countries and underscore the need to conduct further studies to understand it and to raise awareness among multinationals that plan to do business with the local partners or those who are planning to relocate. Implications for IB, theory and policy are discussed together with the study’s limitations and suggestions for future research. Through this study, we contribute to the development of research on cross-culture management by showing the effect of Wasta as a cultural phenomenon on business relations in the Maghreb countries. Our research is the first to investigate the effect of the informal interorganizational relationship on the satisfaction and performance of B2B partners.","PeriodicalId":46626,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Cross Cultural Management","volume":"23 1","pages":"467 - 497"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42921302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The persistence of organizational performance problems the public services in Ghana: The perspective of societal culture 加纳公共服务中组织绩效问题的持续存在：社会文化视角

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International Journal of Cross Cultural Management Pub Date : 2023-07-27 DOI: 10.1177/14705958231190825

E. Amoako-Asiedu, F. Ohemeng, T. Obuobisa-Darko, Kenneth E. Parku

{"title":"The persistence of organizational performance problems the public services in Ghana: The perspective of societal culture","authors":"E. Amoako-Asiedu, F. Ohemeng, T. Obuobisa-Darko, Kenneth E. Parku","doi":"10.1177/14705958231190825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14705958231190825","url":null,"abstract":"Performance management (PM) has been one of the most profound initiatives of public services reforms in both developed and developing countries in the last three decades. Despite its acceptance as a tool to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability, many continue to question its efficacy to enhance organizational performance in public services. This is because organizational performance problems continue to persist in the sector. How then can this persistence of organizational performance problems be explained? For some scholars, the answer lies in examining the behaviour of employees and thus moving away from the instrumentality of PM. While this is laudable, what influences employees’ behaviours for them to engage in activities that make nonsense of the existence of PM has not been greatly articulated. In this paper, we attempt to contribute to this discussion by focusing on how societal culture influences behaviour, which in turn affects management of performance both internationaly and across cultures. We, therefore, argue that the inability of PM to effectively achieve its objectives is due to the high prevalence of informal societal culture that influences behaviours detrimental to rational performance PM in the public sector. We examine these behaviours from Hofstede’s four cultural dimensions with a focus on Ghana.","PeriodicalId":46626,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Cross Cultural Management","volume":"23 1","pages":"443 - 466"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42293942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Migration: Re-writing the narrative 移民：改写叙事

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International Journal of Cross Cultural Management Pub Date : 2023-07-25 DOI: 10.1177/14705958231191968

T. Jackson

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Cultural intelligence and COVID-induced virtual teams: Towards a conceptual framework for cross-cultural management studies 文化智能与新冠肺炎诱导的虚拟团队：跨文化管理研究的概念框架

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International Journal of Cross Cultural Management Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI: 10.1177/14705958231188621

Jasmin Mahadevan, Jakob Steinmann

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Cultural intelligence as a predictor of organizational outcome 文化智力作为组织成果的预测因子

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International Journal of Cross Cultural Management Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI: 10.1177/14705958231187473

Abel P Lee

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Cross-cultural boundary spanning activities in a global team: Insights from an ethnographic case study 跨国团队跨文化活动:来自民族志案例研究的见解

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International Journal of Cross Cultural Management Pub Date : 2023-06-27 DOI: 10.1177/14705958231185432

A. Bartel-Radic, F. Munch

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Host country nationals’ domestic cross-cultural work experiences: A new construct and linkage to socializing behaviors toward expatriates 东道国国民的国内跨文化工作经验:对外籍人士的社交行为的新建构和联系

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International Journal of Cross Cultural Management Pub Date : 2023-06-15 DOI: 10.1177/14705958231183636

Chun-Hsiao Wang

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