National Cultures and organization

Early research on the influence of cultural conditioning on collective human behaviors challenged the assumption of the universalism of management practices emanating from the USA and others like Japan.

In an increasingly border-less world managers need to know how national cultural differences might affect organization structures and processes, notions of leadership, HR practices and so forth.

Management scholars have consequently been inspired to translate the work of social anthropologist to the world of work.

Leading scholars in the area are: Geert Hofstede, Fons Trompenaars, Kulkhohn and Strodtbek Andre Laurent among others.