Summary
"As a fascinating interdisciplinary and emerging field of research and practice, cross-cultural management is shaped and enriched by women scholars. This book takes an engaging narrative approach to insightful conversations with 12 women academics to illuminate key concepts, methods and issues within this ever-evolving field. This captivating book encapsulates how these influential women academics approach and perceive culture and interculturality in management. Through the interweaving of scholarly achievements and biographical experiences, chapters portray cross-cultural management as tangible, dynamic and contextualized. They provide an essential overview of the origins, development and current state of cross-cultural management, while also offering insights into personal life stories and motivations of the interviewees and the context of their research. Key Questions and Inspiring Answers in Cross-Cultural Management provides scholars, students and practitioners of management, international business and organization with a unique opportunity to explore the field of cross-cultural management from an original and personal perspective"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:
Preface: The becoming of this book
Part I: Introduction cross-cultural management and women pioneers.Christoph Barmeyer and Constanze Ruesga Rath
Part II: Conversations with cross-cultural management women pioneers
1. Conversation with nancy jane adler
2. Conversation with zeynep aycan
3. Conversation with ariane berthoin antal
4. Conversation with nakiye boyacigiller
5. Conversation with mary yoko brannen
6. Conversation with paula caligiuri
7. Conversation with sylvie chevrier
8. Conversation with martha maznevski
9. Conversation with joyce osland
10. Conversation with sonja sackmann
11. Conversation with susan carol schneider
12. Conversation with lena zander
Part III: Conclusion
Women pioneers of cross-cultural management: Key findings from the conversations
Index