Culture is a cumulative custom of beliefs, values, rituals, and sanctions practiced by a group of people, province or country. It is a much sensitive dimension of internationalization of any business and making it perform in a culturally diverse environment. Sometimes, nations/states lose their normative significance in a cross-cultural setting (e.g., India); because, they undermine their earlier philosophies of norms, values, and beliefs or neglected the cultural significance of other nations. In present, culture introduces significant changes in the core assumptions of business practices and skill expectations. This paradigm-shift has forced to know how cultural differences affect inter-organizational as well as intra-organizational functioning. It has made gaining cross-cultural compatibility a serious concern for the business as well as the scholastic society around the world.
A shift in business paradigms is complex as a process because educational change of any significance involves changes in organizational structures, communications, resource allocation, practices, beliefs and attitudes. Organizations experienced that selecting any strategic option is significantly influenced by the country/region specific cultural factors that demands competence to identify the socio-cultural diversities to develop an inclusive cross-cultural business environment. A successful sustenance in cross-cultural business settings needs individuals with the strong knowledge, skills, and perspectives matching with the working styles of context and will be –
- Able to foster relationships that create respect for all,
- Able to employ cultural sensitivity and diplomacy,
- Able to solve cultural problems synergistically,
- Able to balance conflicting demands of global integration and local responsiveness,
- Able to manage and/or work with people from diverse racial and ethical backgrounds,
- Able to maintain flexibility in strategy and tactics,
- Able to create and sustain business teams in a global setting, and the like.
This proposed book will facilitate the cross-culture business and management practices by developing practitioners and academicians with cross-cultural business and management competencies. The way to improving these skills is to fill the gaps between practical implication and theoretical consideration; focus should be on learning so that they will have more of a chance to enhance their knowledge, skills and attitudes relevant to achieve business objectives.
Tentative Content
Topics include, but are not limited to the following:
Section 1: Ideology, Philosophy, and Theoretical Elements
- Cross-cultural Business and Management
- Cultural Roots in Business and Management
- Societal Expectations of Managing Diversity in Business and Society
- Roles and value of culture in the human system
- Elements and/or Framework of Cross-cultural Business
- Cross-cultural Business and/or Management Theories
- Critical issues in Cross-cultural Business
- Cross-cultural Business Communication
- Motivating Cross-Culture Teams/Groups
- Cross-cultural Business and/or Management Competencies
- Cross-cultural Business and/or Management Competency Framework
- Developing Cross-cultural Intelligence
- HRM/HRD in Cross-cultural Business
- Marketing in Cross-cultural Business
- Cross-cultural Business Ethics
- Paradigmatic shifts in business values and global Trends
- Organization and Socialization
- Expatriates’ Adjustment in Cross-cultural Business Environment
- Cultural Intelligence (CQ) and Conflict Management
- Expatriate/Leadership Failure caused by Cultural Factors
- Cross-cultural Business Negotiation
- Managing Cultural Differences
- Cross-cultural Business Process Reengineering
- Cross-cultural Business Behavior (e.g., Leadership, Decision Making, etc.)
- Inter-cultural and Multicultural Group Relationship
Section 2: Case Studies
- Managing in Indian Cultural Settings
- Managing in American Cultural Settings
- Managing in Chinese Cultural Settings
- Managing in Arabian Cultural Settings
- Managing in Japanese Cultural Settings
- Managing in Spanish Cultural Settings
- Managing in Mexican Cultural Settings
- Managing in Malaysian Cultural Settings
- Managing in South African Cultural Settings
- Managing diversity in Cross-cultural Environment
- Managing in Cross-cultural Organization
- Managing Conflicts in Cross-cultural Business
Chapter Proposal Submission
Please submit your chapter proposal on or before April 20, 2021. It should be a brief outline of your chapter clearly explaining how the proposal fits into the book’s scope and objective along with your institutional affiliation, position and contact details. All submitted chapters will be accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process. Thus, contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
Submissions should be submitted to:
Dr. Chandan Maheshkar: ch.maheshkar@gmail.com
Dr. Vinod Sharma: vinod.sharma@christuniversity.in
Note: There are not any submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication. Please use subject line: “Submission to Cross-cultural Business and Management”
Important Dates
CFC Opening: February 1, 2021
Proposal Submission Deadline: April 20, 2021
Full Chapters Submission: July 30, 2021
Publisher
This book is proposed be published by Vernon Press (an imprint of Vernon Art and Science Inc., USA), an international academic publisher of bilingual scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences. Please visit https://vernonpress.com/ for more details regarding Vernon Press and this publication.
Please direct any inquiries you may have to the editors:
Dr. Chandan Maheshkar
East Nimar Society for Education (ENSE), India
Dr. Vinod Sharma
CHRIST University, Delhi-NCR, India