International and Cross-cultural Management group
Research in this area is focused on critical perspectives of working and managing internationally and across cultural and institutional contexts; on international and cross-cultural team working; on the relationship between global dynamics, management and organizational knowledge; and on the transfer of knowledge cross-culturally. There is a particular interest in developing and emerging countries, with a special expertise in sub-Saharan Africa.
Ongoing projects and interests include:
Professor Terence Jackson
- Cross-cultural management in Africa
- China in Africa and its organizational, management and development implications
- The informal economy and indigenous knowledge
- Cross-cultural management in international development
- Changing geopolitical dynamics, the emergence of Southern Theory and contributions to cross-cultural management theory and the wider social sciences
Dr Nathalie van Meurs
- The predictive validity of cultural values in relation to management at governmental, organizational and individual level
- Organisational justice
- Cultural Intelligence
- Power relations in aid & development
- Cross-cultural negotiations
- Intercultural interaction and identity
Dr Ellis Osabutey
- Technology and knowledge transfer between foreign and local firms
- Human resource development and management, particularly in relation to Africa
- International and cross-cultural management and its relation to capacity building in Africa
- Research contributions to evidence-based policy making in Africa
There are strong collaborative links with colleagues across the Business School particularly in Economics and International Development and in Leadership Work and Organizations. A particular strength is our international collaborative work, with strong links with US, European, Chinese and African scholars and universities.
