Increasing globalization has made the use and management of language a vital element of engaging in international business activities. Despite this fact, empirical surveys with many respondents examining language management are extremely rare. Another equally important issue related to...

Purpose – The literature on business expatriates has been increasing rapidly, but research on expatriate academics has remained scant, despite the apparent increasing globalisation of the academic world. Therefore, more research is needed on the latter group of expatriates. This paper aims to...

Purpose – The literature on business expatriates has been increasing rapidly, but research on expatriate academics has remained scant, despite the apparent increasing globalisation of the academic world. Therefore, more research is needed on the latter group of expatriates. This paper aims to...

This paper focus on IKEA's efforts to meet the challenges of globalization with diversity management. We will discuss the managerial and theoretical implications in order to understand the effects of utilizing diversity management as means for keeping the core corporate culture key values alive...

Purpose We propose team-based organizing as an alternative to more traditional forms of hierarchy-based organizing in global firms. Methodology/approach Advancements in the study of global teams, leadership, process, and outcomes were organized into four themes: (1) openness toward linguistic...