Intercultural Management: Concepts, Practice, Critical Reflection

Dirk Holtbrügge

Feb 2022 · SAGE

About this ebook

This textbook explores the reasons for intercultural differences and their effects on the behavior of individuals and organizations within the context of management. The text embraces the presence of ambiguity and complexity and encourages critical thinking when it comes to intercultural relations in order to avoid ethnocentrism, stereotyping and prejudice, as well as overly simplistic solutions.

Integrating findings from management, but also the humanities and social sciences, as well as politics and popular culture, intercultural management is understood as a phenomenon that transcends disciplinary boundaries and includes questions around identity constructions, power relations, and ethics. This makes intercultural management a fascinating and rewarding subject to study. Throughout, the author encourages an analytical approach to intercultural management built upon strong methodological foundations, and draws on examples from a wide range of different contexts and cultures to help reflectively translate research and concepts into practice in a way that is lively and engaging.

This textbook is essential reading for students taking university courses related to intercultural management. Lecturers can visit the companion website to access a Teaching Guide and PowerPoint slides that can be adapted and edited to suit teaching needs.

Dirk Holtbrügge is Professor of International Management at the School of Business, Economics and Society, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.

About the author

Dirk Holtbrügge is Professor of International Management at the School of Business, Economics and Society, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. He is a regular visiting professor at universities in China, India, and Russia. His research focuses on international management, human resource management, and management in emerging markets. He has published seven books, nine edited volumes, and more than 80 articles in leading journals, such as Academy of Management Learning & Education, European Journal of International Management, International Business Review, International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Management, and Management International Review. Professor Holtbrügge is regularly listed in research-related rankings as one of the top-5% professors of business administration in Germany, Austria, and German-speaking Switzerland. He has extensive experience in executive education and works as a consultant for firms in Germany and abroad.