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Authors: Gordon Redding (Editor), Gordon Redding
ISBN-13: 9781855214224, ISBN-10: 1855214229
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Limited
Date Published: November 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Gordon Redding

Book Synopsis

	Acknowledgements
	Series Preface
	Introduction
1	Theories of Culture	3
2	The Cultural Relativity of the Quality of Life Concept	29
3	A Buddhist Economic System - in Practice: The Rules of State Policy Making of the Ideal Kings Sought a "Middle Way" Between Right and Left	39
4	Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness	55
5	The Social Construction of Business Systems in East Asia	85
6	The Cross-Cultural Puzzle of International Human Resource Management	115
7	Culture and Change: Conflict or Consensus?	127
8	Japanese-Style Management: Socio-Economic and Cultural Factors	135
9	Management Style and Practice of Korean Chaebols	167
10	An Empirical Study of Overseas Chinese Managerial Ideology	183
11	The African Thought-System and the Work Behavior of the African Industrial Man	197
12	Organizational Behaviors and Cultural Context: The Brazilian "Jeitinho"	219
13	The Iron Law of Fiefs: Bureaucratic Failure and the Problem of Governance in the Chinese Economic Reforms	243
14	The Italian Alternative: Flexible Organization and Social Management	265
15	Competing on the Pacific Rim: High Risks and High Returns	283
16	Toward a Comprehensive Model of International Adjustment: An Integration of Multiple Theoretical Perspectives	307
17	Interfirm Diversity, Organizational Learning and Longevity in Global Strategic Alliances	335
18	Expatriate Management: Lessons from the British in India	361
19	Convergence or Divergence: Human Resource Practices and Policies for Competitive Advantage Worldwide	381
20	National vs. Corporate Culture: Implications for Human Resource Management	415
21	The Parochial Dinosaur: Organizational Science in a Global Context	433
22	The Gross National Product and the Gods	463
23	Comparative Management Theory: Jungle, Zoo or Fossil Bed?	477
	Name Index	515