1st Edition

Mastering Cross-Cultural Management Navigating the Global Workplace

Edited By Alireza Nazarian, Pantea Foroudi Copyright 2027
300 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

300 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This is a comprehensive edited volume that explores the global workplace through the lens of cross-cultural management. It serves as both a theoretical foundation and a practical guide for students, preparing them to operate effectively in a multicultural world. Organised into six parts, the book introduces fundamental concept of culture and its impact on management; explores cultural... Read more

0. Mastering Cross, Cultural Management: Navigating the Global Workplace

Alireza Nazarian and Foroudi Pantea

PART I – Foundations of Cross-Cultural Management: Theoretical Frameworks, Cultural Dimensions, and Organizational Culture

1. Understanding Cultural Dimensions

Peter Atkinson 

2.  Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions to unleash the existing cultural standing to assess the impact on the Managerial Perspective

Aemin Nasir, Shajara Ul-Durar and Esra Sipahi Döngül

3. Organizational Culture, Metaphors, and Information Systems Adoption

Stephen Jackson

PART II – Cultural Intelligence and Cross-Cultural Capability Development: CQ Theory, Training, Assessment, and Competence Building

4. Developing Cultural Intelligence

Mehmet Emirhan Kula, Atılhan Naktiyok and Rıdvan Akın

5. Assessing and Developing Cultural Intelligence in Organizations and Leadership

Mehmet Emirhan Kula, Atılhan Naktiyok and Rıdvan Akın

6. Training and Development for Cross-Cultural Skills: Detail Programs That Enhance Cross Cultural Competencies, Supporting Effective Global Management

Roshan Panditharathna, David Bamber, Ridmi Gajanayake and Samuel Baah Ayertey

PART III – Leadership and Management In Cross-Cultural Contexts: Leadership Styles, Multicultural Environments, and Inclusive Governance

7. Leadership Across Cultures

Mona Abdelhady

8. Preparing for Multicultural Environments: Competences Required for Future Leaders in Multicultural Globalised Workplaces

Ifeanyi Onyemere and Joanne Rush 

9. Policy and Organizational Change for Inclusive Cultures

Serkan Naktiyok

PART IV – Managing Cross-Cultural Teams and the Changing Workplace: Virtual Work, Post-COVID Transformation, and Team Dynamics

10. Managing Cross-Cultural Teams

Christopher J. Bamber and Enis Elezi

11. Reconfiguring Work Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Strategies for Effective Teamwork

Gemma McGrath and Julie Davies

PART V – Case Studies and Applied Cross-Cultural Practices: Successes, Failures, Technology, and Globalization Impacts 

12. Global Leadership: Success case of Global leadership

Roberto Arjones and Keivan Amirbagheri

13. Challenges in Cross-Cultural Management: A Systematic Analysis of Cultural Misunderstandings and their Impact on Business Operations

Marco De Sisto, Shajara Ul-Durar and Noman Arshed

14. Exploring How the Metaverse Facilitates the Development of Entrepreneurial and Cross-Cultural Competencies in UAE Higher Education

Naveed Yasin, Tehreem Fatima, Dina Samhouri, Nadia Zahoor, Moza Al Qahtani, Saif Abdullah Alhaddashi and Ali Tariq

15. The Impact of Globalization on Cultural Practices: Hybridizing Cultures as a Means of Articulation to Global Capitalism

Burak Baskan and Sefa Ozdemir

PART VI – Critical, Ethical, And Future Directions in Cross-Cultural Management: Decolonisation, Embodiment, Ethics, and Future Worldviews

16. Reimagining Cross-Cultural Management: From Cognitive to Embodied and Heart-Based Knowledge

Naseem Joban and Anastasia Alexeeva

Biography

Alireza Nazarian is Reader in Management at the School of Management and Marketing at the University of Westminster, UK.

Pantea Foroudi is Reader in Marketing at Brunel, University of London, UK.