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`The useful models, interesting examples, and intriguing research results in this collection provide excellent material for understanding international or cross-cultural management' - Management Learning Cross-cultural work groups are a reality in many contemporary organizations, yet the research into them has been dispersed among a variety of disciplines. Organizations and group members are often surprised or disappointed when multicultural groups fail to function in ways identical to homogeneous groups. This volume pulls together research from a range of these disciplines, and presents the most recent research available on issues such as prejudice, discrimination, ethnocentrism, group-think and intergroup dynamics that operate in and on cross-cultural work groups. In so doing, the contributors address such questions as: How can culture influence the way a group operates? What happens when members of different cultural groups interact in a work group? And what management practices promote effective cross-cultural work groups?

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Author:   Cherlyn Skromme Granrose ,  Stuart Oskamp ,  Cherlyn Skromme Granrose ,  Stuart Oskamp
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Volume:   v. 10
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780761909729

ISBN 10:   0761909729
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   06 June 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Cross-Cultural Work Groups - Cherlyn Skromme Granrose and Stuart Oskamp An Overview PART ONE: CULTURAL GROUP INTERACTIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS Individual and Group Relations in Plural Societies - John W Berry Change and Continuity in Organizations - Fathali M Moghaddam Assessing Intergroup Relations PART TWO: INTERPERSONAL INTERACTIONS WITHIN CROSS-CULTURAL GROUPS Societal Values, Social Interpretation and Multinational Teams - Martha Maznevski and Mark F Peterson Majority and Minority Perspectives on Cross-Cultural Interactions - Sharon C Goto Self and Other - P Christopher Earley and Amy E Randel `Face′ and Work Group Dynamics Cross-Cultural Barriers to Effective Communication - Judith Orasanu, Ute Fischer and Jeannie Davison PART THREE: MANAGEMENT OF CROSS-CULTURAL GROUPS International and Intranational Diversity - Rosalie L Tung Cross-Cultural Socialization of Asian Employees in US Organizations - Cherlyn Skromme Granrose The Effects of Culture on Mentoring Relationships - Susan E Murphy and Ellen A Ensher A Developmental Model Managerial Leadership in the United States and Mexico - Peter W Dorfman and Jon P Howell Distant Neighbors or Close Cousins?

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Stuart Oskamp (Ph.D., Stanford University) has focused his research interests in the areas of attitudes and attitude change, applied social psychology, behavioral aspects of energy and resource conservation, and social issues and public policy. His books include Attitudes and Opinions and Applied Social Psychology. He has been elected a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives and President of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) and of the APA Division of Population and Environmental Psychology. He has also served as editor of the Journal of Social Issues and of the Applied Social Psychology Annual. Since 1984 he has organized the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology and co-edited the resulting annual volume published for many years by Sage Publications and now published by Erlbaum.

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