Paradoxes of Culture and Globalization

What is a paradox? Why are cross-cultural paradoxes essential for understanding the changes that are occurring because of globalization? Encompassing a wide variety of areas including leadership, cross-cultural negotiations, immigration, religion, economic development, and business strategy, Paradoxes of Culture and Globalization develops cross-cultural paradoxes essential for understanding globalization.
Key Features
•Highlights over 90 paradoxes structured in a question/discussion format to actively engage readers and provide an integrative overview of the book
•Presents key issues at a higher and integrative level of analysis to avoid stereotyping particular cultures
•Facilitates class discussions and the active involvement of class members in the learning process of culture and globalization.
•Enlarges individuals’ conceptual understanding of cross-cultural issues
•Focuses on both traditional and controversial topics including motivation and leadership across cultures, communicating and negotiating across cultures, immigration, religion, geography, economic development, business strategy, and international human resource management
Intended Audience
This is an excellent text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in International Management, International Business, Comparative Management, World Business Environment, Cross-Cultural Management, Cross-Cultural Communications, and Cultural Anthropology in the departments of business and management, communication, and anthropology.