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Culture Matters

Author : Norhayati Zakaria
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1315355663
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Culture Matters written by Norhayati Zakaria and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global virtual teams (GVTs) have evolved as a common work structure in multinational corporations due to their efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The cultural differences can produce great benefits in terms of perspective, creativity, and innovation, but can also exacerbate interpersonal tensions, miscommunications, and clashing decision-making behaviors. This book outlines cultural competencies specific to GVTs and sheds light on management strategies for creating an optimal inter-cultural GVT environment. It covers theory, decision making strategies, and activities for cultural competence and problem resolution, all told through vignettes and lessons-learned.

Understanding Culture

Author : Robert S. Wyer
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1136642919
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Culture written by Robert S. Wyer and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains contributions from 24 internationally known scholars covering a broad spectrum of interests in cross-cultural theory and research. This breadth is reflected in the diversity of the topics covered in the volume, which include theoretical approaches to cross-cultural research, the dimensions of national cultures and their measurement, ecological and economic foundations of culture, cognitive, perceptual and emotional manifestations of culture, and bicultural and intercultural processes. In addition to the individual chapters, the volume contains a dialog among 14 experts in the field on a number of issues of concern in cross-cultural research, including the relation of psychological studies of culture to national development and national policies, the relationship between macro structures of a society and shared cognitions, the integration of structural and process models into a coherent theory of culture, how personal experiences and cultural traditions give rise to intra-cultural variation, whether culture can be validly measured by self-reports, the new challenges that confront cultural psychology, and whether psychology should strive to eliminate culture as an explanatory variable.

Culture Matters

Author : Lawrence E. Harrison
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780465031764
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (317 download)

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Download or read book Culture Matters written by Lawrence E. Harrison and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prominent scholars and journalists ponder the question of why, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the world is more divided than ever between the rich and the poor, between those living in freedom and those under oppression.

Going Glocal

Author : Asma Abdullah
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Going Glocal written by Asma Abdullah and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Care Relations in Southeast Asia

Author : Patcharawalai Wongboonsin
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004384332
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis Care Relations in Southeast Asia by : Patcharawalai Wongboonsin

Download or read book Care Relations in Southeast Asia written by Patcharawalai Wongboonsin and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Care Relations in Southeast Asia: The Family and Beyond, edited by Patcharawalai Wongboonsin and Jo-Pei Tan, examines the care relations and transactions within and beyond the family network across three middle-income Southeast Asian countries, namely the Federation of Malaysia, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at the national and sub-national level. On the national level, changes and continuity in care relations along the changing demographic, socio-economic and political contexts of each country are addressed. On the sub-national level, the complex dimensions of care relations are analyzed by looking at the attitude towards and practice of elderly and child care within, between and beyond the family system. These regional analyses are based on merged data of three most recent family surveys in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok Metropolis, and Hanoi. Alternative and innovative policy recommendations for current and future challenges are also offered. Contains contributions by: Asmidawati Ashari, Ki Soo Eun, Tengku Aizan Hamid, Rahimah Ibrahim, Thuttai Keeratipongpaiboon, Nguyen Huu Minh, Pataporn Sukontamarn, Jo-Pei Tan, Tran Thi Minh Thi, Kua Wongboonsin and Patcharawalai Wongboonsin

Culture Matters in Russia—and Everywhere

Author : Lawrence Harrison
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498503519
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Culture Matters in Russia—and Everywhere written by Lawrence Harrison and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book pulls together experts in the fields of economics and Russian culture, all participants in the Samuel P. Huntington Memorial Symposium on Culture, Cultural Change and Economic Development, a follow-up to the 1999 Cultural Values and Human Progress Symposium at Harvard University. As the sequel to the 2001 volume Culture Matters, it discusses modernization, democratization, economic, and political reforms in Russia and asserts that these reforms can happen through the reframing of cultural values, attitudes, and institutions. (Cover design by Katie Makrie.)

Malaysia and the Developing World

Author : Jan Stark
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415699142
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Malaysia and the Developing World written by Jan Stark and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Malaysia's economy grows and flourishes, strong new links are being forged with other developing countries in the region and beyond. This book examines these new links. It argues that as many countries with which Malaysia has new links are Indian Ocean countries, many of them Muslim countries, a new style trading network is being formed, a network with Islamic characteristics, which echoes Indian Ocean Islamic trading networks of earlier times.

Culture and Economy

Author : Timothy Brook
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472085989
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (859 download)

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Download or read book Culture and Economy written by Timothy Brook and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how rapid expansion of capitalism in Eastern Asia constitutes a challenge to Western social theory

The Critical Few

Author : Jon R. Katzenbach
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1523098732
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Critical Few written by Jon R. Katzenbach and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2019-01-16 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a global survey by the Katzenbach Center, 80 percent of respondents believed that their organization must evolve to succeed. But a full quarter of them reported that a change effort at their organization had resulted in no visible results. Why? The fate of any change effort depends on whether and how leaders engage their culture: the self-sustaining patterns of behaving, feeling, thinking, and believing that determine how things are done in an organization. Culture is implicit rather than explicit, emotional rather than rational--that's what makes it so hard to work with, but that's also what makes it so powerful. For the first time, this book lays out the Katzenbach Center's proven methodology for identifying your culture's four most critical elements: traits, characteristics that are at the heart of people's emotional connection to what they do; keystone behaviors, actions that would lead your company to succeed if they were replicated at a greater scale; authentic informal leaders, people who have a high degree of "emotional intuition" or social connectedness; and metrics, integrated, thoughtful measures to track progress, encourage the self-reinforcing cycle of lasting change and link to business performance. By leveraging these critical few elements, you can tap into a source of catalytic change within your organization. People will make an emotional, not just a rational, commitment to new initiatives. You will elicit enthusiasm and creativity and build the kind of powerful company that people recognize for its innate value and effectiveness.

Malaysia in the Era of Globalization

Author : Mohammad Bakri Musa
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9780595232581
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Malaysia in the Era of Globalization written by Mohammad Bakri Musa and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bakri Musa makes a persuasive argument for Malaysia to embrace globalization with conviction. It is the ticket to her Vision 2020 aspirations. Malaysia was well on her way to join the global mainstream when the 1997 economic crisis interrupted that trajectory. It is now time, the writer passionately pleads, to return to that path. Yes there are sandbars and reefs, together with the inevitable storms and swells in the ocean of globalization. This calls for skillful navigators and sailors ready to trim the sails and batten the hatches. The alternative would be to remain in port, not an attractive option. The writer offers specific prescriptions on how best to meet those challenges, from enhanced health care to superior education system, and by exposing Malaysians to greater competition. As Islam is a pervasive influence in Malaysia, the writer calls for an enlightened interpretation of the faith, one more in tune with its ideals of tolerance for diversity, reverence for learning, and a passion for trade. The writer draws lessons from as far away as Argentina and as far back as the ancient Muslims, and from sociology to biology. The perspectives offered here are refreshing departures from the wisdom currently emanating from Kuala Lumpur.

A Defining Moment

Author : Nirmala Devi Arunasalam
Publisher : Transnational Press London
ISBN 13 : 1910781630
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book A Defining Moment written by Nirmala Devi Arunasalam and published by Transnational Press London. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A DEFINING MOMENT, Transnational Nursing Education by Dr Nirmala ARUNASALAM is a competent and accessible text focusing on nurse education. Recommended for teaching and learning as well as pedagogical courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It is a must have and a must read in a world of “pseudo factum knowledge” where social and human oriented professions and scientific disciplines such as nursing are getting little attention. The depth of the background for this study, and the intimate self-reflection Dr Arunasalam provides for this monograph greatly enhances the quality of the study. This book is an insightful exploration of an example of transnational higher education which identified some key questions that need to be asked about such programmes. Contents About the AuthorsIntroductionChapter 1: Family business in contextChapter 2: Illustrative family businessesChapter 3: The evolution of a family firmChapter 4: Formality and governanceChapter 5: Succession and balancing family with businessFinal Words

Piety, Politics, and Everyday Ethics in Southeast Asian Islam

Author : Robert Rozehnal
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350041734
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Piety, Politics, and Everyday Ethics in Southeast Asian Islam written by Robert Rozehnal and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-27 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the diversity and dynamism of Islam in Southeast Asia through the concept of adab, or beautiful behavior. Amid the complexity of Islamic civilization, adab provides Muslims with a shared sense of sacred history, identity, and morality. In the context of Islamic ethics, adab defines the rules of personal and public etiquette: good manners, proper conduct, civility and humaneness. Featuring the interdisciplinary research of nine prominent scholars of Islam, the book offers new perspectives on adab's multiple meanings and myriad applications for Muslim communities in Malaysia and Indonesia. The chapters examine a wide range of texts, spotlighting the writings of prominent Muslim thinkers, and contexts, focusing on the everyday experiences of lay Muslims. Drawing on a variety of theoretical and methodological lenses, the essays reveal how beautiful behavior impacts local institutions, cultural practices, and religious imaginations via politics and law, spirituality and piety, ethics and experience. With its careful textual analysis, detailed case studies, and attention to historical continuities and disjunctures, Piety, Politics and Everyday Ethics in Southeast Asian Islam is essential reading for students and scholars interested in global Islam and the lived, local dynamics of Muslim Southeast Asia.

State of Malaysia

Author : Edmund Terence Gomez
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134328419
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book State of Malaysia written by Edmund Terence Gomez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of the current state of Malaysia, looking at political developments and at governance, and discussing the impact of ethnicity, patronage and the reform movement.

Understanding the Malaysian Workforce

Author : Asma Abdullah
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Malaysian Workforce written by Asma Abdullah and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Making Sense of Culture

Author : Norhayati Zakaria
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351034561
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Culture written by Norhayati Zakaria and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-05-29 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?

Routledge Handbook of Cultural and Creative Industries in Asia

Author : Lorraine Lim
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317337271
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Cultural and Creative Industries in Asia written by Lorraine Lim and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have witnessed the remarkable development of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) in Asia, from the global popularity of the Japanese games and anime industries, to Korea’s film and pop music successes. While CCIs in these Asian cultural powerhouses aspire to become key players in the global cultural economy, Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Thailand are eager to make a strong mark in the region’s cultural landscape. As the first handbook on CCIs in Asia, this book provides readers with a contextualized understanding of the conditions and operation of Asian CCIs. Both internationalising and de-Westernising our knowledge of CCIs, it offers a comprehensive contribution to the field from academics, practitioners and activists alike. Covering 12 different societies in Asia from Japan and China to Thailand, Indonesia and India, the themes include: State policy in shaping CCIs Cultural production inside and outside of institutional frameworks Circulation of CCIs products and consumer culture Cultural activism and independent culture Cultural heritage as an industry. Presenting a detailed set of case studies, this book will be an essential companion for researchers and students in the field of cultural policy, cultural and creative industries, media and cultural studies, and Asian studies in general.

Cross-Cultural Psychology

Author : Krum Krumov
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1623963184
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Cross-Cultural Psychology written by Krum Krumov and published by IAP. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cross-Cultural Psychology: Why Culture Matters addresses both established and very recent research in cultural and comparative cross-cultural psychology. The book is written by Professor Krum Krumov of Sofia University in Bulgaria and Professor Knud S. Larsen from Oregon State University. The authors are long-term colleagues with extensive research experience in cultural, cross-cultural and international settings. The book starts with a discussion of the tentative nature of cultural information given the forces of globalization and communication integration. Weighing these issues still permits for some powerful conclusions about differences that matter as well as human universals based on our communalities. The reader is also provided with a through grounding in relevant research approaches and critical thinking that provides the basis for an evaluation of the research literature. Further, the book reports on what we know about the origin of culture, especially the forces of cultural transmission and the evidence for socio-cultural evolution. The impact of culture and psychology on human development is contrasted and evaluated. A chapter on language stresses the importance of evolutionary forces and the relationship to socio-culture. In turn that discussion sets the stage for reporting the relevant research on cognition that yields information on the impact of genetics, but also the affect of cultural evolution. A distinct contribution is the evaluation of human happiness and emotions. The book demonstrates tangible relationships to both the universal expressions of emotions, but also the impact of cultural values on well-being. A consideration of personality theory follows in the systematic and progressive discourse in the book. Research is reported on Western, Eastern and Indigenous conceptualizations and research approaches. The discussion on the self is considered next and the authors evaluate cultural, social and comparative cross-cultural dimensions. Finally, a discussion of sex and gender follows as associated with salient cross-cultural dimensions. The book concludes with a discussion of the affect of cultural values in organizational behavior and a consideration of the relationship between culture and human health.