Cross Cultural & Strategic Management: Volume 26 Issue 1

Power distance in India: Paternalism, religion and caste: some issues surrounding the implementation of lean production techniques

Sagi Mathew, Greig Taylor

The purpose of this paper is to explore how cultural differentiation can affect the successful transplantation of lean management and production techniques from the parent country…

Host country experience, institutional distance and location choice of Chinese MNEs: The moderating effect of government official visits

Diego Quer, Laura Rienda, Rosario Andreu, Si Miao

The conventional wisdom suggests that the lack of prior host country-specific experience and a higher institutional distance deter multinational enterprises (MNEs) from entering a…

Does cultural intelligence increase work engagement? The role of idiocentrism-allocentrism and organizational culture in MNCs

Rachel Gabel-Shemueli, Mina Westman, Shoshi Chen, Danae Bahamonde

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of cultural intelligence (CQ), idiocentrism-allocentrism and organizational culture on work engagement in a multinational…

Psychological adjustment and social capital: a qualitative investigation of Chinese expatriates

Beiting He, Ran An, John Berry

The purpose of this paper is to explore the psychological adjustment process of expatriates from Chinese multinational enterprises, including how their social capital affects this…

What would people do with their money if they were rich? A search for Hofstede dimensions across 52 countries

Michael Minkov, Pinaki Dutt, Michael Schachner, Janar Jandosova, Yerlan Khassenbekov, Oswaldo Morales, Vesselin Blagoev

The purpose of this paper is to test the replicability of Hofstede’s value-based dimensions – masculinity–femininity (MAS–FEM) and individualism–collectivism (IDV–COLL) – in the…