Bicultural Managers and their Role in Multinational Corporations: An Exploratory Study in Japan
Bicultural Managers and their Role in Multinational Corporations: An Exploratory Study in Japan
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双文化经理及其在跨国公司中的角色：日本的探索性研究
DOI：
10.4018/978-1-4666-0306-6.ch003
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Parissa Haghirian
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作者：
Kathrin Kiesel;Parissa Haghirian
通过广泛的旅行、在不同种族的环境中生活、在国外上大学或在其他国家执行工作任务，接触其他文化是很常见的。在像美国这样的地方，越来越多的人无法将自己归入特定的种族类别，认为自己是“混血儿”(Goldstein&Morning，2000)或具有双重文化背景的人。近年来，这一现象越来越被人们所认识和研究。一个方面是不同社会如何对待双文化人的问题。在这一章中，作者调查了具有双文化家庭背景的个人，并调查了这种双文化背景如何反映出他们在商业中的角色。本文对双文化技能的相关性以及双文化经理在跨国公司中所扮演的角色进行了调查。为了调查这一问题，这项调查是在一家在日本的跨国公司工作的管理人员中进行的，他们的父母中有一人是日本人，另一人是非日本人。之所以选择日本，是因为与其他工业化国家相比，日本是一个更具争议性的问题。凯瑟琳·基塞尔大学EichstäTT-InGolstadt，德国Parissa Haghirian索菲亚大学，日本
Exposure to other cultures is common through extensive travel, living in ethnically diverse environments, attending universities abroad, or having work assignments in other countries. In places like the US, more and more people cannot fit themselves into certain ethnic categories, thinking of themselves as being “mixed” (Goldstein & Morning, 2000) or bicultural. This phenomenon has been recognized and researched increasingly in recent years. One aspect is the question on how different societies deal with bicultural people. In this chapter, the authors investigate individuals with a bicultural family background and investigate how this biculturality reflects on their role in business. The survey presented in this paper investigates the relevance of bicultural skills and consequently the roles that bicultural managers play in multinational corporations. To investigate this issue the survey was conducted among managers who had one Japanese and a Non-Japanese parent and worked in a multinational corporation in Japan. Japan was chosen, because it is a more controversial issue in Japan than in other industrialized countries. Kathrin Kiesel University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany Parissa Haghirian Sophia University, Japan