Globalization and Culture at Work

Preface.

1: Globalization.
1. What is Globalization?
2. Localization.
3. Glocalization.
4. Some foundational Theory.
5. Glocality at Work.
6. A Case in Point.
7. Conclusion.

2: Culture.
1. Introduction.
2. Country-level studies.
3. Individual values.
4. Organizational culture.
5. Occupational culture.
6. Glocal Positioning.
7. Cultural Positioning.
8. Link to Glocality.
9. The Generality of Escalation.
10. Theories of Positioning.
11. Cultural Re-positioning.
12. Interpretation.
13. Summary.

3: Achievement.
1. A brief History of Achievement at work.
2. n Ach in Social context.
3. n Ach in Work context.
4. Research on Motivational Gravity.
5. A primary strand: Measures of Motivational Gravity.
6. A secondary strand: Influences of Gravity on Work Behavior.
7. Systems approach.
8. Managing Motivational Gravity.
9. Conclusion.

4: Pay.
1. A Theoretical Foundation.
2. Behavioral theories of work Motivation.
3. Task-focused theories of Motivation.
4. Relationship-focused theories of Motivation.
5. Research on double de-motivation.
6. The Case.
7. Managing Pay Justice.
8. Conclusion.

5: Power.
1. The concept of Empowerment.
2. Defining Teamwork.
3. The Mantra of Diversity.
4. Contingency approaches.
5. A Glocal analysis.
6. An Acid Test.
7. Teams through Development.
8. Mental Models.
9. An approach to the fundamental Question.
10. A Glocality?
11. The Broken Promise.
12. Case Analysis.
13. Managing the broken promise.
14. Conclusion.

6: Learning.
1. Boundary-less careers.
2. Boundary conditions.
3. Utilising the Immigrants We Already Have.
4. An Empirical Test of SIT, SAT, and SDT.
5. Implications for policy and practice.
6. Beyond Migration.
7. A Synthesis.
8. Conclusion.

References. Index.

"The challenges of glocality are tricky and must be handled sensitively to avoid disruption between different cultures; the author provides ways to do just that."
(Cynthia D. Churchwell, Harvard Business School, U.S.A.)

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