Cross Cultural & Strategic Management: Volume 25 Issue 4

Editorial for the special section: transgenerational entrepreneurship in the global world

The role of familial socio-political forces on new venture creation in family business

New venture (NV) creation is critical to the growth and long-term survival of business groups. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the NV creation process in family…

Interactive effects of quality of government and family firm governance on R&D output: Empirical research on the listed family firms in China

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the interactive effects of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on R&D output by analysing Chinese-listed industrial family firms. It proposes…

The impact of sociocultural context on strategic renewal: A twenty-six nation analysis of family firms

The purpose of this paper is to contribute a multilevel, cross-national analysis of the role that sociocultural context may play to enrich the understanding of strategic renewal…

Family business, transgenerational succession and diversification strategy: Implication from a dynamic socioemotional wealth model

The purpose of this paper is to enhance the existing socioemotional wealth (SEW) theory. Particularly, the current research proposes a dynamic SEW model using insights from…

Expatriates adjustment through transformation of social identity of Chinese expatriates working in Pakistan

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the process of Chinese expatriates’ adjustment in Pakistan through integrating the U-curve model and social identity theory. It has…

A process model of how interpersonal interaction leads to effectiveness of the expatriate-host country national relationship: An intergroup contact perspective

The purpose of this paper is to develop and present a conceptual model of expatriate–host country national (HCN) interaction that explains how organizations can help increase…

Embracing localization: evidence from Western MNEs in Ghana

Despite the growing economic importance of Africa, the region has received scant attention in the international human resource management literature. The purpose of this paper is…

The role of human resource practices and managers in the development of well-being: Cultural differences in the changing workplace

Organisational change is increasingly important and interesting to study. Change may affect employees’ attitudes and impact on their well-being. In this regard, it is important to…

Managerial assignments of credit and blame: a five-country study of leadership desirability

Although the international business literature has examined leader traits that are desirable in different cultures, it has not examined critical behaviors or managerial…

The influence of culture and framing on investment decision-making: The case of Vietnam and Germany

Cultural studies in business and economics research are still limited to particular cultures. Knowledge on cultural differences may help international corporations to adapt…

Language as heteroglot: The bridging qualities of Swedish-English (SweE) and Singapore Colloquial English (SCE) in cross-cultural working environments

The purpose of this paper is to reframe the role and function of perceived “bad English” in an international business (IB) context to illustrate that “bad English” could in fact…