Dear all

*apologies for cross posting*

I’m following up Monday’s note by sharing two further tables of contents: Cross Cultural Management and Baltic Journal of Management. Both are in SSCI; both are worthy of your attention. Please enjoy the articles, which are listed below and available at the following links:

Baltic Journal of Management Vol 7 No 2

Best regards

Martyn

CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT

National diversity and team performance in low interdependence tasks

Authors: Keith H. Sakuda

Keywords: Baseball teams, Diversity, Japan, National diversity, Sports, Team interdependence, Team performance, United States of America

The impact of knowledge sharing and Islamic work ethic on innovation capability

Authors: Naresh Kumar, Raduan Che Rose

Keywords: Employees behaviour, Innovation capability, Islamic work ethic, Knowledge sharing, Knowledge sharing capability, Malaysia, Public sector organizations

The impact of cross-cultural dynamics on change management

Authors: Christina Kirsch, John Chelliah, Warren Parry

Keywords: Change management, Cultural dimensions, Employees behaviour, National cultures

The effect of personality traits on private brand consumer tendencies: A cross-cultural study of Mediterranean countries

Authors: Ram Herstein, Sigal Tifferet, José Luís Abrantes, Constantine Lymperopoulos, Tahir Albayrak, Meltem Caber

Keywords: Brands, Consumer behaviour, Cross culture, Greece, Israel, Portugal, Private labels, Turkey

Examining the influence of cross-cultural training on cultural intelligence and specific self-efficacy

Authors: Michael T. Rehg, Michael J. Gundlach, Reza A. Grigorian

Keywords: Cross-cultural training, Cultural intelligence, Intelligence, Lectures, Self-efficacy, Training

The direction of cultural distance on FDI: attractiveness or incongruity?

Authors: Linghui Tang

Keywords: Cultural distance, Foreign investments, Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effe, Hofstede, National cultures, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Develop

The hybridization and internationalization of HRM in the Maghreb: Examining the case of commitment and intention to quit amongst employees of multinational companies

Authors: Soufyane Frimousse, Abdelaziz Swalhi, Mouna El Alaoui El Wahidi

Keywords: Algeria, Commitment, Convergence, Employees turnover, Human resource management, Hybridization, Intention to quit, Internationalization of HRM, Libya, Maghreb, Mauritania, Morocco, Multinational companies, Tunisia

BALTIC JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT

Developing brand identity for Slovenia with opinion leaders

Authors: Maja Konecnik Ruzzier

Keywords: Brand identity, Countries, Country brand, Delphi method, I feel Slovenia, Opinion leaders, Slovenia

Knowledge ambiguity, innovation and subsidiary performance

Authors: Francesco Ciabuschi, Oscar Martín Martín

Keywords: Competitive advantage, Innovation, Knowledge ambiguity, Knowledge transfer, Multinational companies, Subsidiaries, Subsidiary performance, Tacitness, Transfer worthiness

Antecedents of knowledge transfer in acquisitions

Authors: Ieva Martinkenaite

Keywords: Absorptive capacity, Acquisitions, Acquisitions and mergers, Arduous relationship, Knowledge ambiguity, Knowledge management, Knowledge transfer

The board: a change agent?

Authors: Bjorn Kolltveit, Bjørn Hennestad, Kjell Grønhaug

Keywords: Boards of directors, Change agents, Change management, Critical decisions, Implementation, Norway, Organizational change, Organizational changes and effectiveness

Is there a coherence between organizational culture and changes in corporate social responsibility in an economic downturn?

Authors: Krista Jaakson, Anne Reino, Pille Mõtsmees

Keywords: Competing values framework, Corporate social responsibility, Economic downturn, Estonia, National economy, Organizational culture

Entrepreneurial orientations of business students and entrepreneurs

Authors: Tiit Elenurm

Keywords: Business development, Core competences, Entrepreneurial orientations, Entrepreneurialism, Estonia, Start-ups, Training

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