Developments in Work and Organizational Psychology, Volume 20: Implications for International Business (International Business and Management) (International Business and Management)

The increasing global interdependency in economy and business transaction asserts the importance of documenting the most recent developments in global work and organizational behaviours, which are strongly influenced by the advancement of information technologies, virtual business transactions, multicultural business groups and expanded business settings across cultures. An in-depth analysis of some major areas of developments and developmental needs for some areas which have paramount influence on international work, organizational and business psychology is of both academic and practical importance. Our book aims to present thoughtful analyses of some major developments in work and organisational psychology, with a focus on international business and management. The book is expected to benefit students, researchers, practitioners and employers. We hope our relentless efforts to compile leading authors work will bring fresh ideas and thought-provoking issues on both theoretical and practical applications of emerging psychological knowledge in work and occupational psychology, to the international management and business. The book will have immense value to the global market, especially for international business and management courses, programme development and delivery on work and organizational psychology across cultures, inter and intra-cultural developmental programme on business transactions, and recent developmental issues in cross-national management and business. An eclectic approach is taken to showcase the chapters in this book. Each author is asked to invest his/hers valuable insights to write a selected chapter with examples from relevant research, utilizing scholarly and reflective arguments to cover the essence of the theme in a particular chapter. Each Chapter has adopted an easy going style to inform readers about the developments in a major area. The discussion in each chapter is assembled with author/s own research and management experiences, thus providing a real-life perspective, highlighting the importance of applying recent developmental issues to the future academic work in the international management and business field. This series: provides an international perspective to the study of business, with a special emphasis on management and marketing issues; deals with such topics as globalization, international business negotiations, cross-cultural communication, entry strategies, doing business in different regions, and future trends; and focuses on the development of international business theory, methodological issues, the results of empirical studies and the findings of practitioners. Cover......Page 1 Developments in Work and Organization Psychology: Implications for International Business......Page 4 Dedication......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 List of Figures......Page 10 List of Tables......Page 12 Contributors......Page 14 Preface......Page 16 Acknowledgement......Page 20 Introduction Developments in Work and Organizational Psychology: Implications for International Business......Page 22 Concluding the Introduction......Page 25 Introduction......Page 26 Defining Family Business......Page 28 Historical Context in Family Business......Page 29 Types of Family Business and Family Business Structure......Page 31 Family Business and Ethnic Minority Groups......Page 33 Models of Family Business......Page 35 Entry Strategies in Family Business......Page 38 The Role of Family Functioning in Family Firms......Page 40 A Psychological Perspective on Family Functioning in Family Business......Page 41 Cross-Culture Organisational Research......Page 44 Family Functioning in Family Firms Across Cultures......Page 46 The Importance of Family for Business Success......Page 52 Methodological and Ethical Issues......Page 55 Conclusion: Future of Family Business......Page 57 References......Page 60 Introduction......Page 70 Teams and Team Effectiveness......Page 71 Safety......Page 72 Existing Research on Teams and Safety......Page 73 Health and Safety Committees (HSCs)......Page 75 Autonomous Work Teams......Page 78 Cockpit Crews......Page 84 Knowledge-Based Processes......Page 86 Conclusions......Page 88 Future Directions......Page 89 References......Page 93 Introduction......Page 100 Identity and Identifications......Page 101 Cognitive and Cultural Processes......Page 111 Conclusion......Page 121 References......Page 122 The Nature of Global Human Resource Management......Page 126 Claiming Expertise in Academic Debates that Cut Across Fields of Study......Page 129 Insight into Individual Psychological Processes......Page 133 International Mindsets......Page 136 International Teams and Networks......Page 140 Mutual Adjustment Processes......Page 141 Conclusion......Page 145 References......Page 146 Ghost Workers: Implications of New Workforce Realities for Organizations and Their Workers......Page 152 Who is Inside and Who is Outside Organizational Boundaries?......Page 158 What is the Impact of Different Norms of Reciprocity for Traditional” and Non-“Traditional”Work Arrangements?......Page 166 What is the Impact of Different Currencies of Exchange?......Page 172 Conclusions......Page 176 References......Page 177 The New Competitive Environment......Page 184 The New Knowledge Landscape......Page 185 The Need for New Ways of Thinking about Organisations......Page 187 Organisations as Complex Social Systems......Page 189 Punctuated Equilibrium Models......Page 191 Change within Complex Social Systems......Page 194 References......Page 201 Introduction......Page 206 Emotions at Work: Relevance, Myths and Historical Background......Page 207 Emotion as an Interplay Between Feeling, Thinking and Behaving......Page 211 Defining Emotion by its Components......Page 212 How are Emotions Relevant to Work?......Page 215 Typical Causes and Consequences of Emotion at Work......Page 217 Understanding Links Between Antecedents and Co of Emotions at Work: Affective Events Theory......Page 221 The Psychological Contract and Emotion......Page 223 Emotional Labour......Page 227 Leadership and Emotion......Page 230 Implications for Management and Leadership......Page 237 Organizational Change and Emotion......Page 238 Implications for Management......Page 244 Summary and Conclusions......Page 245 References......Page 246 Approaches in Business Coaching: Exploring Context-Specific and Cultural Issues......Page 250 Cultural Influences in Business Functions: An Exploratory Study......Page 252 Research Methodology......Page 253 Cultural-Specific (Indigenous) Business Approach......Page 260 References......Page 263 Introduction......Page 266 Organisations as Glass Houses: Transparent Organisational Boundaries......Page 267 Organisational Options for Dealing with Environmental Complexity......Page 268 The Holographic Organisation......Page 269 Conclusions......Page 282 References......Page 283 The Landscape of International Business Research......Page 288 References......Page 296 Author Index......Page 298 Subject Index......Page 312