Interculturality as a source of organisational positivity in expatriate work teams: An exploratory study

Bachkirov, Alexandre Anatolievich

doi:10.1111/beer.12220

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“…van Rinsum and Boessenkool 2013). This joint effort would recover the notion of community where different ways of knowing, and hence being, are genuinely embraced taking us beyond tolerance to the spirit and habit of reciprocal intercultural esteem (Bachkirov, 2018). Thus, our motivation for doing management research would stem from the desire to enhance human wellbeing and contribute to a more equitable human prosperity.…”

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Is Global Management Knowledge on the Way to Impoverishment?

Bachkirov

2020

Philosophy of Management

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This article seeks to synthesise three fields of inquirymanagement studies, linguistics and cognitive psychologyto explore an arguably emerging phenomenon of global management knowledge (MK) impoverishment. To this end, three literatures are reviewed and interrogated for the insights they may provide into the underlying factors affecting global MK: trends in knowledge production, Englishisation of management scholarship and the culturally determined differences in cognition. Arguments are developed through descriptive investigation, discussion and analysis. The central proposition of this article is that the politics of knowledge production, the hegemony of English as the dominant language of management studies and the variations in thinking styles are synergistically interlinked in a way that facilitates Anglophone homogenisation of management research and potentially leads to global MK impoverishment. The ways of addressing the situation are discussed.

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Is Global Management Knowledge on the Way to Impoverishment?

Bachkirov

2020

Philosophy of Management

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“…The cultural roots of Oman and Lebanon are dissimilar. While Lebanese culture has been influenced by the Mediterranean world of Greece, Assyria and Phoenicia (Welsh and Raven, 2006), Omani culture is an amalgamation of Bedouin, East African and South Asian traditions (Bachkirov and AlAbri, 2016;Bachkirov, 2019). Regarding religious beliefs, Islam is influential in both countries, while Lebanon's religious landscape, additionally, includes Christianity and several religious minorities.…”

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Comparative CSR decision-making in the Middle East: an exploratory study

Haddad

Bachkirov

Grishina³

2021

IMEFM

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Purpose This study aims to explore the commonalities and differences of corporate social responsibility (CSR) perceptions among business leaders in Oman and Lebanon, two Middle Eastern countries forming a comparative dyad with a high level of cultural variance within the Arab cluster. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were used to elicit qualitative data that were analyzed by means of multilevel analysis. Findings The findings provide empirical evidence that CSR is a powerful factor in managerial decision-making in the Middle East with the national cultures of Oman and Lebanon exerting partially differing effects on CSR decision-making. Practical implications The study enlightens practicing managers and policymakers in terms of the salience of multiple actors’ influence on CSR decision-making processes and the responses they may receive when developing and implementing CSR initiatives in the Middle East. Originality/value The study proposes a seven nodal model, which captures the flow of CSR decision-making in the research contexts.

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“…Our purpose in this paper is to create an actionable ethical framework that integrates Eastern and Western perspectives of virtue ethics and practical wisdom. Addressing this gap is important because in the context of globalization, firms with culturally diverse workforces often embrace multiculturalism (celebrating differences), a practice that can lead to social polarization (Bachkirov, 2019). In contrast, facilitating interculturality —the ongoing social (re)construction of values, norms, and identities among heterogeneous workers through processes of mutual influence—promotes cultural fluency and adaptability that can increase social cohesion (Bachkirov, 2019; Cesareo, 2004).…”

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Practical wisdom as an adaptive algorithm for leadership: Integrating Eastern and Western perspectives to navigate complexity and uncertainty

Trinh

Castillo

2020

Business Ethics: A Eur. Rev.

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In this paper, we integrate Eastern and Western perspectives of practical wisdom to answer the question, how can practical wisdom transfer across cultural boundaries in a world of increasing interconnection? We describe key properties of practical wisdom in early Western and Eastern schools of thoughts and explain how the concept of practical wisdom in ancient philosophy aligns with modern-day complex system science. We identify seven qualities of complex adaptive systems as a universal pattern that underlies both Eastern and Western perspectives. From these qualities, we develop an integrated conceptual framework of practical wisdom as factors both internal and external to the self that promote continuous coupling with the broader operating environment. We propose that practical wisdom functions as an adaptive algorithm capable of continuously evaluating its processing rules to maintain fit with the operating environment while generating ongoing novelty. This generativity expands developmental potential across multiple levels and fosters open-endedness, evolvability, and antifragility. With this functional understanding, ethics can no longer be marginalized-it must be recognized as the foundation for sustainable organizing because it reliably creates a network topology that makes innovation and long-term success possible. We close with actions leaders can take to foster practical wisdom.

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Interculturality as a source of organisational positivity in expatriate work teams: An exploratory study

Cited by 8 publications

References 103 publications

Is Global Management Knowledge on the Way to Impoverishment?

Is Global Management Knowledge on the Way to Impoverishment?

Comparative CSR decision-making in the Middle East: an exploratory study

Practical wisdom as an adaptive algorithm for leadership: Integrating Eastern and Western perspectives to navigate complexity and uncertainty

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