‘Cultural diversity’ at work: ‘National culture’ as a discourse organizing an international project group

2007 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ester Barinaga
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
National Culture ◽  
International Project ◽  
Project Group

scholarly journals E-working: Country Versus Culture Dimension

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-34
Author(s):  
Michal Beňo
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Comprehensive Model ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Geert Hofstede ◽  
Different Cultures

Globalisation and increasing digitisation mean that companies must increasingly orientate themselves internationally in order to become (more) competitive or to remain competitive. Promoting e-working can revitalise rural development. The issue involved is always interaction between people from different cultures, between people who, according to their cultural backgrounds, feel, think and act differently. When cultural diversity and differences are taken into account, greater creativity, more diverse ideas and faster problem solving are achieved. The cultural dimensions, according to Geert Hofstede, offer a comprehensive model for capturing the various expressions of intercultural values. This paper examines the motives for applying e-working in selected European countries in 2018 according to Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture. Twenty-eight countries from the Eurostat database were analysed (Finland and the Netherlands were excluded, and software detected them in the e-working variable as outliers). Correlation with e-working is statistically significant at PDI (power distance index - negative: the lower the PDI index, the higher the proportion of e-working) and IVR index (indulgence versus restraint - positive: the higher the IVR index, the higher the proportion of e-working).

The “Root of a National Culture”

2021 ◽  
pp. 162-176
Author(s):  
Kirk A. Denton
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Strong Sense ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Taiwan History

Chapter 7 concerns the National Museum of Taiwan Literature (國立台灣文學館‎) and its efforts to assert literature as a cultural foundation for a national polis. It presents a close reading of the exhibit when the museum first opened in 2003 and the 2011 revised exhibition. Like the National Museum of Taiwan History, this museum emphasizes Taiwan’s linguistic and cultural diversity, as well as its strong sense of openness and cultural tolerance.

scholarly journals An Indonesian Democracy: limits of a majoritarian democracy

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Ben Kristian Citto Laksana
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
National Security ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
Social Equality ◽  
Sexual Identities ◽  
The Past ◽  
Majoritarian Democracy

<p style="text-align: justify;">Indonesia has continuously been praised as a successful post-authoritarian country transitioning to democracy. However, seeing the numerous human rights violations in the past decade alone especially towards alternative political, religious and sexual identities, the success of democracy in Indonesia has been put under the spotlight. This raises the question of the development of democracy and the use of democracy in Indonesia in practicing and upholding principles of social equality for all. In this article I wish to provide an overview of majoritarian democracy, a form of democracy that is understood and practiced in Indonesia. A form of democracy that rather than upholding values that safeguards individual rights and diversity, may in fact undermine religious and cultural diversity, enforcing a homogenized national culture and values, which in return may engender human rights violations in the name of national security that it in itself is defined by the majority.</p>

The Making of Effective Managers: The Sudanese and the US Perspectives

1993 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-51
Author(s):  
Sagar C. Jain ◽  
Gafer Abubaker
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
International Project ◽  
Managerial Behavior ◽  
The Us

This article, the first from the International Project on Culture and Management, a worldwide study to determine the role of national culture in managerial behavior and effectiveness, accomplishes two tasks. It describes the essential features of the design of the whole project and compares the questionnaire responses of US and Sudanese college students on four aspects of normative managerial behavior-personality, knowledges skills, and values. Data are analyzed by factor analysis and stepwise regression. The findings validate the hypothesis that Americans and the Sudanese expect significantly different behaviors from their managers in all four areas.

scholarly journals Older people's transformative learning in a project group

2020 ◽  
pp. 111-126
Author(s):  
Meta Furlan
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Situated Learning ◽  
Local Community ◽  
International Project ◽  
Ageing In Place ◽  
Project Group ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Group Members ◽  
The City

A project group could be a foundation for a group members' transformative learning as older people in a project group foster learning, researching and acting publicly through cooperation. We see transformative learning as a key part of lifelong learning of older people because it does not only increase knowledge but also increases awareness of oneself and the local community. Transformative learning, however, may be seen as a way to help adults make sense of their experiences and make meaning of. In the article we will introduce theories of transformative learning, situated learning and biographical learning. Furthermore, we will think about the concept of ageing in place and examine the concept of inclusion of older people into society. The empirical part of the project explores the process of learning and education of older people through their active involvement into a project group of the international project Personal Town Tours. We found that participation in the project's activities and research of the city of Ljubljana are an incentive for transformative learning through place attachment.

scholarly journals Some Types of Archaisms in Polish Dialects in Lithuania

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-113
Author(s):  
Viktorija Ušinskienė
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
International Project ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Project Group ◽  
Slavic Languages ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Common

The subject of the article is related to the author’s work on the international project “Polish Dialects in Lithuania” (“Gwary polskie na Litwie”, 2016–2018). The purpose of this paper was to identify and study lexical archaisms in the dialect material selected by the project group. In the article the concept of ‘archaism’ is interpreted widely: both archaic and obsolete words are considered. In total, it was identified about 200 lexical units classified as obsolete or archaic: proper lexical archaisms constitute approximately 50% of the material (arenda, bachur, czernica etc.), semantic archaisms constitute about 35% (baczyć, cacka, czeladź etc.), and about 15% of the material are lexical word-building archaisms (kradkiem, lenować się, nadgrobek etc.). By comparing the studied material with the data of the historical sources, it was possible to realize that a number of lexemes qualified in some scientific papers as regionalisms borrowed from the Eastern Slavic languages should be recognized as archaisms, once known to the common Polish language. Тhe results allow us to confirm the undoubtedly significant role of the Belarusian and Russian languages in supporting the functioning of lexical archaisms in Polish dialects in Lithuania. About half of the identified lexical archaisms are also known to a number of dialects in Poland.

scholarly journals Kagedong : Ekspresi Interaksi Teruna Nyoman Dan Daha Di Desa Adat Tenganan Pegringsingan

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 416-425
Author(s):  
Ni Ketut Kantriani ◽  
Ni Wayan Arini ◽  
Gusti Nyoman Mastini
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Regional Culture ◽  
Ethnographic Methods ◽  
Shared Language ◽  
Patterns Of Behavior ◽  
Form Of Expression

The cultural diversity found in Indonesia is a proof that Indonesia is a country that is rich in culture on the basis of the form of regional culture that will greatly affect the national culture, and vice versa. Balinese tradition and culture are actually expressions of the interaction of Balinese people with their environment which are divided into two types, namely sekala and niskala. Kagedong, is a form of expression of interaction between nyoman and daha students which gives results about positive norms and endut Masabatan which has a meaning where nyoman and daha students must have a firm resolve in living life. This paper is a qualitative research using ethnographic methods by recording every data obtained from the field that describes, analyzes, and interprets patterns of behavior, beliefs, and shared language from a group of developing cultures.

scholarly journals How Culture and Motivation Interact in an International Virtual Project Team

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 425-431
Author(s):  
Iulia Dumitraşcu ◽  
Dănuţ Dumitru Dumitraşcu
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Teams ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Team Building ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
International Project ◽  
Internet Communication ◽  
Technology Innovations ◽  
Electronic Collaboration ◽  
Building Process

Abstract Globalization had a significant impact on project management, especially on its structure and the working environment of project teams, because of the increased connectivity due to technology innovations, offering the international project managers the possibility to access high quality human resources across country frontiers, at reduced prices. Internet communication transformed traditional teams in virtual teams, which activity is based on the electronic collaboration tools. The high diversity degree characteristic to virtual teams, from culture to technical tools, can be overwhelming for the international project manager which has to lead its virtual team to success. One of the key processes which lead to a high effective team is the team building process, based on motivation and trust. Even if this seems similar to traditional teams, the path of achieving them is very different and it involves more variables and one of them is the national culture, which we consider one of the most important. This article aims to highlight the importance of understanding each dimension of the national culture so that international managers choose to establish the motivational practices and tools accordingly. We also proposed the profile of the national culture most suitable to work in a virtual environment.

Cultural Diversity and Its Implications in Human Resources Management Practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Gadomska-Lila
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Multicultural Organizations

The article concerns the problem of human resources management in organizations diversified by national culture. It presents advantages and disadvantages of multicultural organizations, main problems connected with cultural differences as well as strategies for solving them. It points out the important role of the human resources department and of managers of every level in the process of cultural diversity management. The main thesis is presented by describing cases related to a multinational company where the national culture strongly influences human resources practices.

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