This paper offers a novel perspective on why individuals in global organizations make culturally based attributions of their colleagues that impede effective working relations. Drawing on observational and interview data from an ethnographic study of product development work at a global...

The image of the European culture is given by the association of the concepts people – culture – history – territory, which provides certain local features. From this relation, we identify a cultural area with local, regional and national features beyond a certain European culture. Thus,...

In order to face the challenges of an increasingly global business arena in the 21st century, it is crucial for those who work across cultures to equip themselves with a wider repertoire of skills such as cross-cultural management and negotiation skills. Between 1985 and 1990, Adler and...