International and Cross-Cultural Management Research (SAGE series in Management Research) - Hardcover

Usunier, Jean-Claude

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761952802 ISBN 13: 9780761952800

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

Written for students and others wishing to do international and cross-cultural research in business and management, this book provides an accessible introduction to the major principles and practices.

A cross-cultural perspective has become vital to most contemporary management research. The increasingly global business environment has led to both a greater practical need for international management research and a questioning of whether management science follows universal rules.

This book addresses the particular characteristics of international management research, including the important role of culture. A key introduction provides a comprehensive overview of the background, major issues and different a

About this title

About the Author:

Jean-Claude Usunier is a professor at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, in the Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC). His research interests are cross-cultural consumer behaviour, and cultural and linguistic aspects of international marketing and management. He serves on the editorial board of several international business and marketing journals. His research was published in International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Research in Personality, Time and Society, Journal of International Marketing, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, Journal of Business Communication, International Marketing Review, and European Journal of Marketing. His recent books include Marketing Across Cultures (Pearson, 2013; with Julie Lee), and Religions as Brands: The Marketization of Religion and Spirituality (Ashgate, 2014; with Joerg Stolz).

Review:

`An excellent account of the current state of the art and makes an important contribution to the theoretical and methodological development of the area as a whole′ - Journal of Marketing Management

`This book addresses the particular characteristics of international management research, including the role of culture. The book also offers a typology of research designs in international management and shows the role culture plays in such designs′ - Business Line

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0761952802
• ISBN 13: 9780761952800
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208