Management Research: Volume 13 Issue 3

Chinese expatriates’ adjustment process in Portugal: on the road to guanxi replication

Li Jingjing, Nuno Guimarães Costa, Pedro Neves

– This paper aims to analyze the adjustment experience of Chinese expatriate managers in Portugal.

Making sense of expatriation

Luisa Helena Pinto, Regina Caldas

– The purpose of this study is to examine how international workers engage into and make sense of expatriation and how sense-making enacts further action.

Development cycle and carrying capacity: An equilibrium number study of financial institutions in Brazil’s banking sector

Adilson Aderito da Silva, Dimária Silva e Meirelles, Elvio Correa Porto

The purpose of this paper is to examine the development cycle of Brazilian banking sector during the lengthy period between 1889 and 2009, also identifying an equilibrium number…

Proposition of the relational boycott

Breno de Paula Andrade Cruz, Delane Botelho

The purpose of this study is to identify, in the context of virtual social networks (VSNs), other types of boycott which have not yet been addressed in the literature. We relate…

The devil you know? A review of the literature on the impact of prior ties on strategic alliances

Ana Valdés-Llaneza, Esteban García-Canal

This paper aims to provide a comprehensive view of the role of previous cooperative relationships between partners at the different stages of development of strategic alliances…

Introduction to the special issue on world in transition: business, multiculturalism and society

Rita Campos e Cunha, Pedro Neves, Joana Story