A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Going beyond national cultures – Dynamic interaction between intra-national, regional, and organizational realities
Authors: Sasaki Innan, Yoshikawa Katsuhiko
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication year: 2014
Journal: Journal of World Business
Journal acronym: JWB
Volume: 49
Issue: 3
First page : 455
Last page: 464
Number of pages: 10
ISSN: 1090-9516
eISSN: 1878-5573
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2013.10.005
Abstract
Cultural studies in international business have focused intensively on country-level analyses and have
been criticized for their limited efforts to conceptualize and measure much richer, more dynamic and
multi-level cultures. Drawing on literature from economic geography, we propose a new perspective
that takes intra-national regional culture as the unit of analysis. Combining this perspective with
acculturation theory and the concepts of cultural strength and embeddedness, we develop a conceptual
model to analyze dynamic interaction between intra-national regional cultures and organizational
cultures and propositions on how such interactions affect firm performance. Implications for future
research and business practice are presented.
Cultural studies in international business have focused intensively on country-level analyses and have
been criticized for their limited efforts to conceptualize and measure much richer, more dynamic and
multi-level cultures. Drawing on literature from economic geography, we propose a new perspective
that takes intra-national regional culture as the unit of analysis. Combining this perspective with
acculturation theory and the concepts of cultural strength and embeddedness, we develop a conceptual
model to analyze dynamic interaction between intra-national regional cultures and organizational
cultures and propositions on how such interactions affect firm performance. Implications for future
research and business practice are presented.
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