| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 343 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-320) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Foundations of organizations and culture -- Culture and organizations -- Organizational and national culture -- Leadership in organizations -- Leadership in other cultures -- Work motivation -- Managerial values and skills -- The impact of cultural values on problem solving, teams, gender, stress, and ethics -- Job satisfaction and organizational commitment -- Conflict and power -- Communication and negotiation -- Personnel psychology and human resource management -- Some final thoughts. |
| Summary |
The last two decades have seen an explosive increase in the ethnic diversity of the workforce, growth in international business, and the emergence of many more multinational companies. The potential for problems as companies operate across borders and managers manage in countries which have different values, norms and cultural behaviors is great. By looking at organizational psychology in a cross-cultural context, we can gain an understanding of the challenges facing organizations and business today. This text breaks new ground in introducing organizational psychology from a cross cultural per. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Psychology, Industrial -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Psychology, Industrial. |
| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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| Subject |
Organizational behavior -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Organizational behavior. |
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Personnel management -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Personnel management -- Cross-cultural studies. |
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Personnel management. |
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Intercultural communication.
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Intercultural communication. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Silverthorne, Colin P. (Colin Patric). Organizational psychology in cross-cultural perspective. New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, ©2005 0814740065 (DLC) 2004015264 (OCoLC)55871158 |
| ISBN |
1429414200 (electronic book) |
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9781429414203 (electronic book) |
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9780814740064 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0814740065 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780814786581 |
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0814786588 |
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