Bibliografia

Cross Cultural Effectiveness – Culture Gap and Expatriate Training: Annotated Bibliography

“Countries of the World” (2015, March 10). CIA World Fact Book and other sources. Retrieved from http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/brazil/index.html

This web site contains extensive by year information on every country in the world including Brazil. Provides information on a country’s history, religion, communications, government, economy, international issues and other relevant subjects that can be of great use during the elaboration of my term paper. The primary sources for this website are obtained for the 2015 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Griffin, R.W. and Pustay M. W. (2014) The role of culture. Pearson learning solutions (Ed.), The power of knowledge across cultures (pp. 73-107). Boston, MA. A Pearson Education Company.

Provides primary characteristics and elements of culture and demonstrates how they influence international business. It also provides some basis to identify how one culture communicates with another. Discuss how religious values affect local and international environments. In addition, this chapter provides several theories to aid in the process of analyzing cultural similarities and differences such as Hall’s low and high context approach, cultural cluster approached, and Hofstede’s five dimensions. Lastly, it discusses cultural differences that affect international management.

Javidan, M., Dorfman, P. W., De Luque, M. S., & House, R. J. (2006). In the Eye of the Beholder: Cross Cultural Lessons in Leadership from Project GLOBE. Academy Of Management Perspectives, 20(1), 67-90. doi:10.5465/AMP.2006.19873410

This paper uses a hypothetical case to send and American manager to four different countries including Brazil. Findings from the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) research program are used to establish a solid basis of leadership differences. It discusses the challenges international managers faced when dealing with global corporations and suggests strategies for developing new leadership capabilities.

J.P. (2010, August 13th). Comparing Brazil and the United States: American brothers. The Economist. Retrieved from http://www.economist.com/blogs/americasview/2010/08/comparing_brazil_and_united_states

This article mentions a good amount of similarities amongst Brazil and the United States that otherwise I would not had considered. It also contains a blog of interesting conversations and participants’ disagreements contrasting both countries specifically the economic aspect of these. It is important to consider Brazil’s economic implications during expatriate training and when writing my term paper. For example, the acute water shortage affecting Sao Paulo reducing its hydroelectric output causing outages affecting MNE’s production and income and government plans to raise electricity prices.

Katz, J. P., & Seifer, D. M. (1996). It's a Different World Out There: Planning for Expatriate Success Through Selection, Pre-Departure Training and On-Site Socialization. Human Resource Planning, 19(2), 32-47.

Although this article is 19 years old it was included in the selection process due to the content of it material and the relevant issues global firms continue to faced when selecting, training and maintaining expatriates. Careful consideration will be placed at the outdated data presented here. The author utilizes models to present cultural differences to predict the type training and socialization required for a manager to succeed across borders. In addition,

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