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Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind
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In this article, the differences in the way strategists and their followers think are discussed, and practical solutions for those in business to help solve conflict between different groups are proposed, with a focus on how to find common problems which demand cooperation for the solution of these problems.Abstract:
Despite calls for better co-operation between countries and different cultures, there is still confrontation between people, groups and nations. But at the same time they are exposed to common problems which demand cooperation for the solution of these problems. This book helps to understand the differences in the way strategists and their followers think, offering practical solutions for those in business to help solve conflict between different groups.read more
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The causal relation between entrepreneurial ecosystem and productive entrepreneurship: a measurement framework
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Cultural influences on informal information sharing in Chinese and Anglo-American organizations: an exploratory study
TL;DR: This paper examined cultural factors which may facilitate or impede the sharing of informal information in the context of face-to-face meetings in Chinese compared to Anglo-American organizations and found that individual differences, individual assertiveness, and corporate culture in influencing informal information sharing in Australia; and the trade-off between collective interests, respect for hierarchical status and concern with face in Taiwan.
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The influence of high/low-context culture and power distance on choice of communication media: Students’ media choice to communicate with Professors in Japan and America
TL;DR: In this article, two widely used cultural constructs, high context (HC)/low context (LC) culture and power distance (PD), and their influence on media choice behavior were investigated.
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Cultural Cognitive Style and Web Design: beyond a Behavioral Inquiry into Computer-Mediated Communication
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TL;DR: This study explores issues related to Web designers’ cultural cognitive styles and their impact on user responses and proposes a broader model, referred to as ‘‘cultural cognition theory,’’ by which Web design is seen as being shaped by cultural cognitive processes that impact the designers' cognitive style.
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Development and Validation of a Forced Choice Emotional Intelligence Measure for Chinese Respondents in Hong Kong
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed an alternative EI measure in this series of four studies using forced choice items, which indicated that this forced choice EI-scale had acceptable convergent, discriminant and predictive validity using life satisfaction, job performance, and job satisfaction as criterion variables.