Transnational Organizations and Cross-Cultural Workplaces

ISBN-13: 9781349705771 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 294 str.

Yukimi Shimoda

Opis

This work explores everyday face-to-face interactions between expatriate and host national employees in cross-cultural offices of transnational organizations and corporations. Applying the concepts of cosmopolitanism, social capital, and network theory, the book highlights both "closure" and "openness" in interpersonal interactions thus presenting more nuanced ways of understanding employees' transnational business/social connections. It also offers useful suggestions, such as the importance of developing a sense of respect for each other, for those who work in transnational office environments in both home and host societies. The author based her findings on one year of intensive fieldwork in Indonesia, which provides an intimate look at the transnational relationships between Japanese expatriate employees and Indonesian host national co-workers. Social science and international business scholars will embrace this ethnographic study of the relationships formed by these professional migrations.

Spis treści

Part I  Porous Space

Chapter 1  Transnational Encounters: Openness And Closure In Porous Spaces

Chapter 2  Transnational Offices

Part Ii  Interactions

Chapter 3  Living In A Bubble?

Chapter 4  Porous Space: Coping With Differences And Familiarities

Chapter 5  Mediators: Trust In Individuals And Groups

Chapter 6  Scale Of Groups And Communities

Part Iii  From A Distance

Chapter 7  Transnational Business/social Ties: Consequences Of Interactions

Chapter 8  Conclusion: Insights From Porous Spaces

Epilogue: From The Sky And From The Earth

O autorze

Yukimi Shimoda is a Research Fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Research Institute, Japan, and Honorary Research Fellow at The University of Western Australia. Her research interests include mobility, cross-cultural interaction, transnational connection, migration, networks, and inclusive business.