... of cultural theories to explore how horenso was influenced by the non-biculturality of individuals at a multinational corporation. Design/methodology/approach This article draws on first-hand interviews with staff of varying responsibilities at a multinational electronic components manufacturer...

.... (2019) and Shook (2010) propose Lean should not be regarded as an ad hoc project but as a principal change initiative. Operational. Process. Wastes. Tools and Culture, which accounted for 51% of the total. However, interestingly: Leadership. Learning. History. Problems...

... entrepreneur and owner of Gemar Balloons, a balloon-manufacturing company established in the centre of Italy a century ago. Findings The paper shows how the success of SMEs in a dynamic environment is influenced by the central resource, “the entrepreneur”, whose entrepreneurial mindset, culture...

...Mu Tian; Ping Deng; Yingying Zhang; Maria Paz Salmador Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conduct a systematic literature review of the studies that have analyzed the impact of culture on innovation. Design/methodology/approach The authors carried out a systematic literature review...

...George Halkos; Antonis Skouloudis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) at the macro-level and well-established dimensions of national culture offered by Hofstede’s framework. Design/methodology/approach The authors...

...Sophie Hennekam; Loubna Tahssain-Gay Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a cross-cultural comparison of the attitudes toward diversity among human resource managers working for the same multinational company in the Netherlands and Morocco. Design/methodology/approach...

... relationships in service quality evaluation. Design/methodology/approach Consistent with the critical realism paradigm a multi‐method design is adopted for this study. Sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's structuralist perspective of culture is utilised as the analytical framework. Findings The findings...

...Bowon Kim Purpose This paper aims to explore how cultural forces and historical events interact to form a country's organizing principles. Design/methodology/approach Culture influences management in significant ways. In order to understand true influences of culture on a country's economy...

...George Lodorfos; Agyenim Boateng Purpose The cultural element in M&As' integration process has been identified as one of the key issues that may help explain the failure of many mergers and acquisitions. Yet what needs to be done to improve cultural integration in order to enhance M...

..., motivation, aesthetics, power relationships, personal development, creativity, human nature, culture, and “humanistic education” (for an extensive list of Maslow's publications see Hoffman (1988 , pp. 343‐8)). All of these issues have much to tell us about organizational behavior yet it is Maslow's work...

... were used to collect data from 450 undergraduate business students of the Universities of Botswana and Swaziland. A nine‐item measure of examination misconduct was correlated with a measure of perception of business ethics, ethical value assessment and Hofstede's four dimensions of culture. The results...

... to the introduction of “multiculturalism” into the debate over immigration. Considers efficiency gains from immigration taking into consideration the “cultural diversity” involved in any immigration phenomena. In this light, examines the effect of the policies supported by the proponents of a “multicultural education...

...Nicholas J. O’Shaughnessy Re‐affirms the validity of Michael Porter’s contribution to the discourse on competitive advantage, but suggests that his theory is weakened by its neglect of cultural factors and historical antecedents. Offers further amplification to his comments on the role...