International Strategy and Cross-Cultural Management

PROGRAM

The 10th EIASM Workshop on

International Strategy and Cross-Cultural Management

hosted by Reykjavik University School of Business

Address: Reykjavik University

Menntavegur 1

Reykjavik 101

Local conference secretary: Yr Gunnlaugsdottir ()

Thursday, 18 October

19.00 Welcome cocktails

At the bar of Hotel Reykjavik Natura
Nauthólsvegur 52
Reykjavík 101

Friday, 19 October

8.30-9.00 Registration (in front of Room M209)

9.00-9.15 Welcome by the Workshop Organizers (Room M209)

Vlad Vaiman, Chris Carr, Markus Pudelko & Sebastian Reiche

9.15-9.25 Welcome Speech by the Dean of Reykjavik University Business School (Room M209)

Fridrik Mar Baldursson

9.25-10.25 Keynote Address 1 (Room M209)

THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURE IN EXPLAINING DIFFERENCES IN HUMAN
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
By Chris Brewster – Henley Business School, University of Reading

10.25-10.50 Coffee break

10.50-12.50 Workshop sessions I&II

I – CULTURAL DIFFERENCES: MEASUREMENT AND CONSEQUENCES (Room M209)

Session chair: Vlad Vaiman

THE MEASUREMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE - CROSS-COUNTRY PERSPECTIVE
By Kadri Karma and Maaja Vadi

WHY MANY CULTURAL DISTANCE STUDIES CAPTURE CULTURE BUT NOT DISTANCE
By Robbert Maseland and André van Hoorn

CULTURE AS A SOURCE OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: POSSIBILITY TO COMPETE INTERNATIONALLY
By Iveta Ludviga

DOES NATIONAL CULTURE MATTER?
By Pedro Picaluga Nevado

II – MANAGING DIVERSITY (Room M216)

Session chair: Sebastian Reiche

AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN: A NATIVE CATEGORY APPROACH TO DIVERSITY, CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT AND RECONTEXTUALIZATION
By Fiona Moore

LANGUAGE AND EMOTION IN MULTINATIONAL TEAMS: THE IMPORTANCE OF EMOTIONALLY CAPABLE LEADERS
By Helene Tenzer and Markus Pudelko

CROSS-CULTURAL LEADERSHIP ADJUSTMENT AND SIMILARITY: A STUDY OF AMERICAN, BRITISH, JAPANESE AND THAI EXECUTIVES IN MNCS IN THAILAND
By Chin-Ju Tsai, Chris Carr and Sasiya Supprakit

ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION ACROSS CULTURES: A FOUR NATION STUDY
By Michael Seeligson, Divya Bhutiani, Padmakumar Nair and Aard Groen

12.50-14.15 Lunch (Cafeteria 2nd Floor)

14.15-15.45 Workshop sessions III&IV

III – STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (Room M209)

Session chair: Chris Carr

CHANGING PATTERNS OF INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNEE STAFFING AND THEIR ROLE IN KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
By Sebastian Reiche, Anne-Wil Harzing and Markus Pudelko

TALENT MANAGEMENT RETENTION STRATEGY: CROSS-CULTURAL REASONS AND MECHANISMS BEHIND THE RETENTION OF INDIAN EMPLOYEES - EVIDENCE FROM A CASE STUDY IN MULTINATIONAL ORGANISATION IN INDIA
By Ramya Parthasarathy and Angelika Zimmermann

EMERGENCE OF CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE AND GLOBAL MINDSET CAPITAL: A MULTILEVEL MODEL
By Jase R. Ramsey, Amine Abi Aad, Livia L. Barakat and Virginia Drummond Abdala

IV – MANAGING CULTURAL VALUES (Room M216)

Session chair: Fiona Moore

ELABORATING ON THE CONCEPT OF VALUES-BASED CONTROL
By Katja Kolehmainen

CULTURAL VALUES OF JAVANESE AND CHINESE-INDONESIAN MANAGERS
By Mirwan Perdhana, Uma Jogulu and Dianne Waddell

FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR OF ICELANDERS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF HOFSTEDE’S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS
By Mar Mixa and Vlad Vaiman

15.45 – 16.15 Coffee break

16.15 – 16.45 Best student paper (Room M209)

IMPROVING EMPLOYEE COLLABORATION IN MNC SUBSIDIARIES: THE ANTECEDENTS OF CLIMATE FOR INTERNAL SERVICE
By Ausrine Silenskyte

19.00 Workshop Dinner

Restaurant Nautholl (next door to the campus building)
Nauthólsvegur 106
Reykjavik 101

Saturday, 20 October

9.00-9.10 Keynote introduction (Room M209)

9.10-10.10 Keynote Address 2 (Room M209)

THE GEOGRAPHY OF CULTURE
By Mark Peterson – Florida Atlantic University

10.10-10.55 Best overall paper (Room M209)

CULTURAL DISTANCE IN IM - FROM MEAN BASED TO VARIANCE BASED MEASURES
By Andre van Hoorn, Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Robbert Maseland, Marjolijn Onrust and Arjen Slangen

10.55-11.30 Coffee break

11.30-13.00 Workshop sessions V&VI

V – ISSUES IN GLOBAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (Room M209)

Session chair: Katja Kolehmainen

COUNTRY-OF-MANUFACTURE AND COUNTRY-OF-BRAND ORIGIN EFFECTS ON BRAND REPUTATION
By Matthias Eggertsson, Russell Abratt, Mike Bendixen and Yuliya Yurova

A CRITICAL REVIEW OF GERMAN HIDDEN CHAMPIONS RECENT LITERATURE: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ON THEIR INTERNATIONALISATION STRATEGIES AND EMERGING RESEARCH FINDINGS
By Chris Carr and Alessa Witt

TOWARDS BUILDING INTERNAL SOCIAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE THAT DRIVES INNOVATION IN MNCS
By Gospel Onyema Oparaocha

VI – CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT IN VARIOUS CONTEXTS (Room M216)

Session chair: Markus Pudelko

COGNITION, EMOTION AND IDENTIFICATION: THE INFLUENCE OF LANGUAGE BARRIERS ON TRUST IN MULTINATIONAL TEAMS

By Helene Tenzer, Markus Pudelko and Anne-Wil Harzing

LEADING BUSINESS IN INDIA - A CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT (CQ) PERSPECTIVE
By Narashima Boopathi Sivasubramanian

CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION FROM AN EMPLOYMENT PERSPECTIVE
By Graham Jackson

13.00-13.20 Closing remarks

13.20-14.30 Lunch (Cafeteria 2nd Floor)