Culture, Organizations, and Work [electronic resource] : Clarifying Concepts / by Catherine T. Kwantes, Sharon Glazer.

By: Kwantes, Catherine T [author.]Contributor(s): Glazer, Sharon [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service)Material type: TextTextSeries: SpringerBriefs in PsychologyPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017Description: IX, 107 p. 2 illus. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319476629Subject(s): Psychology | International business enterprises | Personality | Social psychology | Cross-cultural psychology | Psychology | Industrial and Organizational Psychology | International Business | Cross Cultural Psychology | Personality and Social PsychologyAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 158.7 LOC classification: HF5548.7-5548.85Online resources: e-book Full-text access
Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Culture across Disciplines -- Chapter 3. Toward an Operationalization of Culture -- Chapter 4. Organizations and Culture -- Chapter 5. Work and Culture -- Chapter 6. Cross-cultural Competence and Cultural Intelligence in the Workplace -- Chapter 7. Conclusions -- References.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This monograph presents various approaches to understanding the multiple levels, layers, and definitions of culture, cross-cultural research, cross-cultural competence, the role of culture in organizations, organizational culture, and the role of multiple culture layers in individual workers' workplace attitudes, performance, and general experiences. Inaugurating the new series SpringerBriefs on Culture, Organizations, and Work, it establishes both fundamental and controversial ideas related to the myriad ways of studying these topics. It highlights the wide variety of conceptual approaches for studying culture, organization and work and brings to light some of the critical questions related to culture (at all units and levels of analysis) and their effect on both the workplace and the worker in order to present a coherent educational resource for practitioners and researchers alike.

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Culture across Disciplines -- Chapter 3. Toward an Operationalization of Culture -- Chapter 4. Organizations and Culture -- Chapter 5. Work and Culture -- Chapter 6. Cross-cultural Competence and Cultural Intelligence in the Workplace -- Chapter 7. Conclusions -- References.

This monograph presents various approaches to understanding the multiple levels, layers, and definitions of culture, cross-cultural research, cross-cultural competence, the role of culture in organizations, organizational culture, and the role of multiple culture layers in individual workers' workplace attitudes, performance, and general experiences. Inaugurating the new series SpringerBriefs on Culture, Organizations, and Work, it establishes both fundamental and controversial ideas related to the myriad ways of studying these topics. It highlights the wide variety of conceptual approaches for studying culture, organization and work and brings to light some of the critical questions related to culture (at all units and levels of analysis) and their effect on both the workplace and the worker in order to present a coherent educational resource for practitioners and researchers alike.

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