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Making Sense of Culture - Cross-Cultural Expeditions and Management Practices of Self-Initiated Expatriates in the Foreign Workplace (Hardcover)
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Making Sense of Culture - Cross-Cultural Expeditions and Management Practices of Self-Initiated Expatriates in the Foreign Workplace (Hardcover)
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This book lies within two interdisciplinary fields that should be
bridged: cross-cultural management and international human resource
management. The consequences of globalization lead to a more
extensive recruitment process of global talents to fit the
different work structures and competitive work environment of
tomorrow. The emergence of self-initiated expatriates (SIEs)
further intensify the challenges faced by multinational
organizations because people are searching for better career
prospects and they are willing to re-locate in order to obtain
competitive salary or compensation packages. With the emergence of
SIEs, multinational corporations need to acknowledge the influence
of culture on management practices because the expatriates will
bring their own cultural baggage and uniqueness to the company's
doorsteps. By integrating both fields, this book provides a
valuable understanding in order to educate SIEs on the richness of
cultural behaviors. Indeed, the complexities of human behaviours
opens up the window of opportunities to recognize that we are all
human beings with unique characteristics, personality and
attitudes. It is until and when we equally acknowledge that culture
is an essence of humankind and that culture continues to shape
people with a magical touch of diversity and uniqueness, only then
will the global world greet people inclusively by embracing
'tolerance, appreciation, and happiness!' Culture has a paramount
impact on how leaders manage their colleagues and teams in the
workplace. One's attitudes, values, beliefs and perceptions all
matter when people work with culturally diverse colleagues.
Cultural differences cannot be ignored as a work structure that
thrives only in a monoculture environment is hardly in existence
for multinational corporation of today. Instead, the multi-cultured
environment takes priority with the soaring number of demands for
global talents and workforces that need to be recruited. It is
clearly established in the field of international human resources
that there are increasing trends and phenomenon of burgeoning SIEs
in newly occupied cosmopolitan cities in the world such as Dubai,
Qatar, Jeddah, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, and many
others. At the end, one key question matters for the journey of
cultural sense making to begin: What is it like to experience the
forces and effects of culture in the workplace when one is an
expatriate?
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