Cross Cultural & Strategic Management: Volume 28 Issue 3

Biculturalism and cross-cultural competence: examination of an attribution complexity theory-based model

C. Lakshman, Sangeetha Lakshman, Kubilay Gok

Based on attributional complexity (AC) theory, the authors empirically examine the impact of biculturalism on cross-cultural adjustment and the degree to which people make…

Gender differences in organizational commitment and rewards within Japanese manufacturing companies in China

Keisuke Kokubun, Misako Yasui

The purpose of this paper is to investigate gender differences in organizational commitment (OC) and the relationship between OC and rewards among employees who work for Japanese…

Closeness or opportunistic behavior? Mediating the business ecosystem governance mechanisms and coordination relationship

Wisdom Wise Kwabla Pomegbe, Wenyuan Li, Courage Simon Kofi Dogbe, Charles Oduro Acheampong Otoo

Business ecosystem is described as a web of loose relationships, thereby posing some challenges to coordination. In attempt to ensure coordination in business relationships…

Organizational power embodied in hand and finger touchlines

Andrew Creed, Ambika Zutshi, Russell Johnson

The purpose of this paper is to develop a nuanced interpretative frame that can help global managers with recommendations to avoid misapplied power with group and organizational…

Moderating effects of national culture on the psychological contract breach and outcome relationship: a meta-analysis

A. Thushel Jayaweera, Matthijs Bal, Katharina Chudzikowski, Simon de Jong

This paper contains a meta-analysis of the psychological contract literature published in the last two decades. The aim of this paper was to investigate the moderating role of…

Does humane orientation matter? A cross-cultural study of job characteristics needs-supplies fit/misfit and affective organizational commitment

Si Hyun Kim, M. Fernanda Wagstaff, Giacomo Laffranchini

Drawing from job characteristic theory and person-environment fit theory, the authors examine the relationship between job characteristics needs-supplies fit/misfit and affective…

Ethically questionable negotiation tactics: the differential roles of national, societal and individual cultural values

Abraham Stefanidis, Moshe Banai, Ursula Schinzel, Ahmet Erkuş

The purpose of this study is to refine theory of negotiation by empirically investigating the extent to which national-, societal- and individual-level cultures relate to…

Cultural distance and customer orientation strategy of Chinese service MNEs under the belt and road initiative

Hui Li, Lei Xu, Youqing Fan

The purpose of this paper is to explore mechanisms of cultural distance in the base of Chinese Service Multi-National Enterprise (MNE) settings. When attempting to enter overseas…

Choosing between the formal and informal economy: how do managers decide?

Amine Abi Aad, James G. Combs

We raise and address an unexamined research question: Why do managers place some business activities in the formal economy and others in the informal? This firm-level managerial…