Transnational Organizations and Cross-Cultural Workplaces

• Main Author: Shimoda, Yukimi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Business.; Personnel management.; International business enterprises.; Business and Management.; International Business.; Human Resource Management.

This work explores everyday face-to-face interactions between expatriate and host national employees in cross-cultural offices of transnational organizations and corporations. Applying the concepts of cosmopolitanism, social capital, and network theory, the book highlights both “closure” and “openne...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Transnational Encountering: Openness and Closure in in-Between Spaces
• 2. Transnational Offices
• 3. Living in a Bubble?
• 4. Porous Spaces: Coping with Differences and Familiarities
• 5. Mediators: Trust in Individuals and Groups
• 6. Scale of Groups and Communities
• 7. Transnational Business/Social Ties: Consequences of Interactions
• 8. Conclusion: Insights from Porous Spaces
• 9. Epilogue.