Essays about: "Cultural sensitivity in business"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Cultural sensitivity in business.

  1. 1. Culture and Transnationalism: Exploring the Effects of Perceived Cultural Difference on Business Operations Between Dutch and Japanese Professionals

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Olivier Duineveld; [2023]
    Keywords : Transnationalism; cultural challenges; othering; sensemaking; schemata; identity; Japan; The Netherlands; Business and Management; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The trend towards greater globalisation brings the matter of cultural identity to the foreground. Transnational corporations or business networks are culturally diverse places where cultural othering – simply put, the assumption that someone is fundamentally different from you based on the cultural identity projected on- or associated with them – can significantly impact operations across the hierarchy. READ MORE

  3. 2. Cross-Cultural Business Negotiations : The Impact of Business Cultures from a Swedish Perspective

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Author : Viktor Andersson; Alexandra Mets; [2020]
    Keywords : International Business Negotiation; Cross-Cultural Negotiation; Negotiation Process; Culture; Communication; Hierarchy; Cultural Adaptation; Cultural Intelligence; France; Brazil; Singapore;

    Abstract : With our increasingly competitive globalized economy, we are experiencing an emerging trend of firms competing on new international business markets (Bell et al. 2001; Huang 2010). In order to successfully negotiate in an international context, cultural sensitivity needs to be taken into consideration (Manrai & Manrai 2010). READ MORE

  4. 3. Overt and covert practices of gender (in)equality at the workplace in Scandinavian companies in Ukraine

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Ane Kristiansen; [2020]
    Keywords : gender inequality; performativity; cross-cultural business; labor market; critical management studies; corporate practices; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Based on ethnographic data, this study sheds light on gender (in)equality in Scandinavian workplaces in Ukraine. More specifically, the study aims to investigate how managers in Scandinavian companies in Ukraine present and legitimize company-practices in relation to gender equality. READ MORE

  5. 4. MNEs encountering Corruption within the BRIC-countries : Combining a neglected complexity and moral reevaluation to a new perspective on the phenomenon 

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Laura Innerasky; Alina Scherl; [2016]
    Keywords : corruption; BRIC-countries; MNEs; internationalisation; moral evaluation;

    Abstract : The awareness about corruption has distinctly risen since the 1990s. In line with this many anti-corruption approaches arose initiated by the international community. READ MORE

  6. 5. Environmental Disclosure in Finnish and Swedish Annual and Sustainability Reports -a study of forest industry

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Susanna Vuorela; [2015-02-03]
    Keywords : Environmental reporting; content analysis; CONI model; Corporate Social;

    Abstract : Background and problem discussion: Sustainable development and corporate social responsibility are more and more important issues in the business world. Companies want to increasingly disclose information on their sustainable performance, and for example disclosures on environmental performance help organizations to manage relationships with their stakeholders. READ MORE