37:533:315 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: North American Free Trade Agreement, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, World Trade Organization
14 Nov 2013
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Chapter 5: international human resource management and culture. The nature and importance of culture: an introduction: every country has at least some variances from all others. A definition and description of culture: culture: the characteristic way of behaving and believing that a group of people have developed over time and share in common, a group"s culture: Gives a sense of who they are, of belonging, of how they should behave. Provides the capacity to adapt to circumstances and to transmit this knowledge to succeeding generations. Affects every aspect of the management process. Invisible or implicit culture (the core) the culture"s universal truths, the bases for all of a culture"s values and beliefs. Country and regional cultures: an increasing number of researchers are assessing whether or not the wide variety of cultures around the world can be reduced to a more limited set of cultures with similar characteristics. The research of geert hofstede: work-related factors (as dimensions)
