Global Collaboration: Intercultural Experiences and Learning [electronic resource] /
Cardel Gertsen, Martine.author.
Søderberg, A.editor.
Zølner, M.editor.
Offers qualitative studies of collaboration processes conducted in globalising companies based in Denmark and with subsidiaries in Asia. It addresses the specific contexts of collaboration and studies how people with different cultural backgrounds work together, both face-to-face and in the virtual workplace.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction and Overview; Part I Background; 2 State of the Art: Cross-cultural Management and Global Collaboration; 3 Danish National Identity: A Historical Account; Part II International Assignments and Cultural Learning; 4 State of the Art: International Human Resource Management and Cultural Learning; 5 Expatriation: Stories of Intercultural Face-Work; 6 Knowledge Exchange and Intercultural Learning through Inpatriation: Some Chinese Experiences
7 Short-term International Assignments: A Means of Developing Cultural Sensitivity and Building Networks in a Global Company?Part III When Corporate Cultures and Practices Travel; 8 Cultural Translation of Corporate Values; 9 Reception and Recontextualization of Corporate Values in Subsidiaries; 10 Winning Behaviours in East and West: Recontextualizing a Strategic Concept within a Global Organization; 11 Dilemmas of Expatriate Managers: Managing 'In Between'; Part IV Different Forms of Collaboration across Borders; 12 State of the Art: Global Teams
13 Learning from Difference: Born Global SMEs and Their Approaches to Intercultural Collaboration in Asia14 Global Teams: Exploring the Success of a Shared Services Centre in Bangalore; 15 Virtual Communication and Collaboration in Global Research and Development Teams: A Case Study of an Indian R&D Hub; 16 Final Perspectives; Afterword: Learning through Praxis - The New Imperative in Cross-cultural Management and Global Collaboration; Appendix; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Offers qualitative studies of collaboration processes conducted in globalising companies based in Denmark and with subsidiaries in Asia. It addresses the specific contexts of collaboration and studies how people with different cultural backgrounds work together, both face-to-face and in the virtual workplace.
International business enterprises.
Globalization.
Markets.
International economics.
Personnel management.
Public relations.
International Business.
Emerging Markets/Globalization.
International Economics.
Human Resource Management.
Corporate Communication/Public Relations.