This chapter explores how national cultural differences between partners involved in a contractual relationship may interfere with the development of trust. This is illustrated through a case study of a management contract signed by a French private company (Promostate) and public Lebanese...

Drawing on postcolonial studies of management, this article highlights the importance of adopting a contextualized approach to hybridization processes that, first, takes into account the importance of the historical and cultural contexts from which hybridity emerges and, second, helps to...

The world of business management, especially in North America, is becoming increasingly interested in emotions. During the last ten years, this movement has largely turned around the notion of emotional intelligence. The purpose of this article is to relocate this question in context and to show...

Do companies in developing countries can be modernised despite their culture, by fighting against it or simply by importing the so-called ―universal‖ standards developed in the west? Or, on the contrary, do they show that there is good in each culture, even in terms of management and that...

Le changement radical modifie la représentation que les individus ont de l’identité organisationnelle. Ce bouleversement cognitif affecte différemment le processus d’identification des membres d’une organisation soumis à un même changement. Une étude empirique menée au sein de la...