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Cross-cultural management education rebooted: Creating positive value through scientific mindfulness

Joerg Dietz (University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Stacey R. Fitzsimmons (Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada)
Zeynep Aycan (Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey)
Anne Marie Francesco (Hong Kong International Management Consulting Company, Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Karsten Jonsen (IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Joyce Osland (School of Global Innovation and Leadership, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA)
Sonja A. Sackmann (Institute for Developing Viable Organizations, University Bw Munich, Neubiberg, Germany)
Hyun-Jung Lee (London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK)
Nakiye A. Boyacigiller (School of Management, Sabanci University, Tuzla, Turkey)

Cross Cultural & Strategic Management

ISSN: 2059-5794

Article publication date: 6 February 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

Graduates of cross-cultural management (CCM) courses should be capable of both tackling international and cross-cultural situations and creating positive value from the diversity inherent in these situations. Such value creation is challenging because these situations are typically complex due to differences in cultural values, traditions, social practices, and institutions, such as legal rules, coupled with variation in, for example, wealth and civil rights among stakeholders. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors argue that a scientific mindfulness approach to teaching CCM can help students identify and leverage positive aspects of differences and thereby contribute to positive change in cross-cultural situations.

Findings

Scientific mindfulness combines mindfulness and scientific thinking with the explicit goal to drive positive change in the world.

Originality/value

The authors explain how the action principles of scientific mindfulness enable learners to build positive value from cultural diversity. The authors then describe how to enact these principles in the context of CCM education.

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Acknowledgements

Joerg Dietz and Stacey R. Fitzsimmons are co-first authors.

Citation

Dietz, J., Fitzsimmons, S.R., Aycan, Z., Francesco, A.M., Jonsen, K., Osland, J., Sackmann, S.A., Lee, H.-J. and Boyacigiller, N.A. (2017), "Cross-cultural management education rebooted: Creating positive value through scientific mindfulness", Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, Vol. 24 No. 1, pp. 125-151. https://doi.org/10.1108/CCSM-01-2016-0010

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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