‐psychological orientation of managers in terms of self‐responsibility and collectivist values which, in turn, affects the performance of … that top managers have a higher internally determined self‐responsibility and a stronger group adaptation value orientation …Social and psychological factors such as self‐responsibility and collectivist value orientation are crucial to …

contextual factors on the external communication behavior of purchasing managers in Germany. Design/methodology/approach – Based …

individual career management differs. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 159 expatriate managers completed an online … questionnaire in German. The questionnaire covered psychological constructs and the participating managers' career histories … can help support companies in building up a pool of global managers. Originality/value – The paper adds valuable new …

German and British managers who were attending professional training courses in management were required to rate … managers from the other country as to how they perceived them. The profiles were significantly different, with British managers … the factors rejecting and hardworking. There were no differences between cultures in their perception of managers along …

/methodology/approach – The paper explores and describes how executive managers seek to design and impose corporate culture change and how it …

While foreign trade and joint ventures between Germany and the People′s Republic of China and Brazil have grown … differences between German expatriate managers and their local subordinates. Therefore predeparture training and development …

thinking than on the reality that subsidiary managers have to address. This can foster conflicts between headquarters and a …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the specific difficulties that senior managers face when employing … expatriate, Chinese and local‐hired foreign managers in China‐based subsidiaries of Western multinational companies (MNCs … with the employment of expatriate, local Chinese, and local‐hired foreign managers in Australian and German subsidiaries in …