managing in a multicultural environment. It is fundamental that Euro‐managers are able to identify, negotiate and mediate …

Culture has an effect on efforts at management training and development. Experiential exercises have cultural values … embedded in them. Transporting training exercises across cultural boundaries represents a challenge full of opportunities and … pitfalls. Two American‐made training exercises – a survival exercise and an inter‐unit conflict exercise – were used in a …

potential conflict, this paper examines whether Western expatriates in joint ventures benefit from cross‐cultural training … and other types of organisations in China. Findings – Results show that training had a weak positive association with work … adjustment for expatriates in joint ventures, but no relationship with work adjustment for Western managers in other types of …

Programme (UNDP) for the training of Chinese managers. Findings – It was found that although considerable efforts had been made …Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to provide an evaluation of how Chinese managers perceive and respond to … training and management development programmes that have been designed and delivered by Western experts, and of the extent to …

Programme (UNDP) for the training of Chinese managers. Findings – It was found that although considerable efforts had been made …Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to provide an evaluation of how Chinese managers perceive and respond to … training and management development programmes that have been designed and delivered by Western experts, and of the extent to …

multinational enterprises (MNEs). The issues examined in this study include pre‐departure and post‐arrival training for expatriates … Chinese MNEs provide only limited training to expatriates and other nationals, and lack a systematic international management …Purpose – This paper aims to explore international training and development policies and practices in Chinese …

expatriate, Chinese and local‐hired foreign managers in China‐based subsidiaries of Western multinational companies (MNCs … China. The interviewees indicate a widespread intention to replace expatriate managers with Chinese managers and local …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the specific difficulties that senior managers face when employing …

styles which expatriate managers, in particular, can use as a reference tool. Goes into more detail about: power distance …

: selecting expatriate managers with high emotional intelligence, providing extensive pre‐departure cultural training that … reasoning, utilizing sensitivity training techniques to better prepare managers for new situations, and sending the expatriate … stimulate managerial thinking and further research on the workplace conflicts that challenge expatriates managers.  …