Nigel Holden - The Routledge Companion to Cross-Cultural Management

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2015 Nigel Holden, Snejina Michailova and Susanne Tietze

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Never in the history of humanity has it been more important for the peoples of the world to learn how to effectively communicate with each other, both within global corporations and across societies and organizations worldwide. The Routledge Companion to Cross-Cultural Management is therefore both timely and important for every manager, and student of management, who believes that communicating respect is as important as getting the work done.

Nancy J. Adler , Professor, McGill University, Canada and author of International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior and the Leadership Insight journal (Routledge)

What a tremendous collection of work by many of the worlds greatest experts on cross-cultural and international issues! The Routledge Companion to Cross-Cultural Management is a highly significant path towards advancing the field through the collective works of global scholars addressing cultural issues ranging from theory overview, topic specific issues, educational initiatives and new advances in the field. I highly recommend this edited volume for both the academic scholar as well as the student of cultural issues in management.

P. Christopher Earley , Professor, Purdue University, USA

The aptly named Routledge Companion to Cross-Cultural Management is indeed a volume that should be the companion to everyone active in cross-cultural management research and education. It provides excellent coverage of the field including the often overlooked area of language.

David C. Thomas , PhD, Beedie Chair and Professor of International Management, Simon Fraser University, Canada and author of Cross Cultural Management: Essential Concepts

Christina L. Ahmadjian is Professor in the Graduate School of Commerce and Management at Hitotsubashi University. She received an AB, magna cum laude , from Harvard University, an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a PhD at the Haas School at the University of California at Berkeley. Her research interests include Japanese management, comparative corporate governance, inter-organizational networks, institutional theory and organizational change. She has published articles in journals including American Sociological Review, Administrative Science Quarterly and Organization Science . She serves as a non-executive director at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and JPX Holdings.

Lailani L. Alcantara is an associate professor at the College of International Management and Graduate School of Management in Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University. Her research interests include innovation, entrepreneurship, international expansion and social network. As a Japanese government Mombusho scholar, she received her PhD in Management from the University of Tsukuba. She has published articles in Journal of International Management , Best Proceedings Academy of Management , Japanese Journal of Administrative Science , Management Research Review , Journal of Transnational Management and Asian Business and Management . Her research works have been funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan.

Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen (PhD) is affiliated to the Department of Management and Organ-isation at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland. Language in international management is a key theme of his research; within this area he takes a particular interest in the individual-level implications of varying levels of language skills. He has published on this topic in practitioner-oriented outlets as well as in academic ones, the latter including journals such as Corporate Communications: An International Journal , Journal of International Business Studies , Journal of World Business and Management and Organization Review . Since 2009, Barner-Rasmussen has also acted as co-organizer and co-chair of a number of language-related workshops, including stand-alone events as well as tracks and symposia at international conferences such as Academy of Management and EGOS.

Alfredo Behrens holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He is Professor of Cross-Cultural Leadership with FIA Business School, Brazil, and prior to that he lectured at the London Business School and Princeton University. Alfredo Behrens is the author of Culture and Management in the Americas (2009) published by Stanford University Press, Palo Alto and Saraiva, So Paulo. His most recent book is Shooting Heroes and Rewarding Cowards published by Winvest in English and Bei in Portuguese, both in So Paulo.

Magdalena Bielenia-Grajewska , PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Translation Studies and Head of the Intercultural Communication and Neurolinguistics Laboratory at the Faculty of Languages, University of Gdansk. She is a linguist (MA in English Studies, PhD in Humanities, University of Gdansk), an economist (MA in Economics, Gdansk University of Technology), a specialist in managing scientific projects (postgraduate studies, Gdansk University of Technology) and a specialist in the mechanisms of the Eurozone (postgraduate studies, University of Gdansk). Her PhD thesis was of an interdisciplinary character, being devoted to intercultural communication, translation and investment banking. She is an associate editor at the Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship , a member of the editorial board of International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation and International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies as well as serving as a reviewer in other international journals. Her scientific interests include organizational discourse, neuromanagement, online social networks, intercultural communication, sociolinguistics, ANT and symbolism in management studies. She is an author of over 100 publications on, among others, corporate identity, business communication and the discursive dimension of organizations.

Olof P. G. Bik is Associate Professor in Behavioural and Cultural Governance at Nyenrode Business University in the Netherlands. He received his PhD in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Groningen. With his 20 years of practice and academic experience, his teaching and research focuses on Organizational Culture, Climate and Behaviour. More specifically, his research interests include the dynamic interaction of the mutually influencing and reinforcing bundle of culture attributes and embedding mechanisms of organizational context; the strength thereof or alignment with espoused values; the association thereof with external or strategic contingencies; and its joint meaning for organizational behaviour, change, governance and performance. Olof is a much-invited speaker, lecturer and facilitator in both scholarly and executive programs and regularly publishes (internationally) academic and professional articles and thought leadership pieces.