Purpose – Negotiating with the Chinese is an important topic in international business and cross‐cultural management since China is playing an increasingly active role in doing business with the western countries. The purpose of this paper is to study initial meetings with the Chinese during...

Purpose – Aims to create a better understanding those factors that influence group cohesion in culturally heterogeneous teams. Design/methodology/approach – The hypotheses presented were tested on a sample of 250 students from a small Hawaiian university, comprising 140 Anglo, 28 Japanese...

Purpose – The current study aims to continue the investigation of cross‐cultural differences in attitudes towards business ethics. Design/methodology/approach – The current study compares the results of the attitudes towards business ethics questionnaire (ATBEQ) reported in the literature...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address this gap in the literature by examining a cohort of Indonesians employed within a financial organisation and the cross‐cultural transition stresses that they and their families encountered when relocated within Indonesia....

Purpose – The overall purpose of this research is to further the understanding of how future marketing managers in Egypt and the UK perceive creativity barriers. The paper also examines the construct validity of the barriers to creativity scale in an Arab non‐Western context....

Purpose – The aim of the paper is to discuss the concept of cross‐cultural social intelligence (CCSI), its relevance for both selecting and developing expatriates and other employees working in cross‐cultural contexts, the development of a situational judgment test to assess CCSI, and...

Purpose – This paper aims to determine whether the widely accepted proposition that cultural differences impact negatively on flows of knowledge and information stands through all industries. Design/methodology/approach – The evidence regarding the affects of cultural differences on...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the relationship between welfare state configurations, family status, family responsibilities, job attribute preferences, employment, and weekly paid work hours. Design/methodology/approach – International data for women and men were analyzed separately...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between job satisfaction, family support, learning orientation, organizational socialization and cross‐cultural training and cross‐cultural adjustment in the proposed model. Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative...

Purpose – The purpose of this case study is to provide an opportunity for students to conduct realistic business analysis applying subject material related to cross‐cultural issues presented in the international business and international management courses. Design/methodology/approach –...