Abstract
National cultural differences pose major obstacles to global business expansion. Managers, therefore, seek to learn more about cultures. Conventional managerial learning mostly draws from descriptive scientific models which have potential drawbacks such as unidimensionality, decontextualisation, and culture-level information. Explanatory models of cultural psychology can help overcome these limitations. Further, insights from a cross-culturally fluent provide reflective learnings. Toward this end, I engage in a conversation with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder of the Art of Living organization, on issues related to cultural identity in the global workplace in the Indian context.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 122-129 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | IIMB Management Review |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2014 |
Keywords
- Cross cultural management
- Cultural differences
- Cultural psychology
- Global workplace
- Spirituality
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Business, Management and Accounting
- Economics and Econometrics