Dear colleagues, The latest issue (Vol. 22, Issue 4) of Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal (to be retitled in 2016 as Cross Cultural & Strategic Management) is available in <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/ccm/22/4> Earlycite. This issue contains the second in a series of Distinguished Scholar’s Essays that features invited papers by well-known scholars on important global management issues and/or identify emerging topics of research interest. In this issue, Gert Jan Hofstede asks the question of ‘what is culture?’ and explores the various causes of culture, with a particular focus on their implications for cross-cultural research. Table of contents: Volume 22, Issue 4 Toward experimental international business: unraveling fundamental causal linkages\ Arjen van Witteloostuijn <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/CCM-06-2015-0075> Abstract | <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/CCM-06-2015-0075> PDF DOI: 10.1108/CCM-06-2015-0075 Culture’s causes: the next challenge Gert Jan Hofstede <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/CCM-03-2015-0040> Abstract | <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/CCM-03-2015-0040> PDF DOI: 10.1108/CCM-03-2015-0040 Effects of learning orientation and team embeddedness on mobility: a multi-group comparison Jung-Nung Chang, Chia-Yi Cheng <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/CCM-06-2013-0088> Abstract | <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/CCM-06-2013-0088> PDF DOI: 10.1108/CCM-06-2013-0088 Non-financial performance measures and the BSC of multinational companies with multi-cultural environment: an empirical investigation Wagdy M. Abdallah, Majbour Alnamri <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/CCM-12-2013-0195> Abstract | <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/CCM-12-2013-0195> PDF DOI: 10.1108/CCM-12-2013-0195 Relationship of budget participation conflict and job performance of South Korean managers Maria A. Leach-López , William W. Stammerjohan , Eunsuh Lee , Claire Allison Stammerjohan <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/CCM-02-2014-0026> Abstract | <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/CCM-09-2013-0134> PDF DOI: 10.1108/CCM-02-2014-0026 Cross-country technology gap in Latin America: growth accounting and non-parametric approaches Kaustav Misra , Esra Memili , Dianne Welsh , Surender Reddy , Gail Sype <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/CCM-10-2013-0155> Abstract | <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/CCM-02-2014-0026> PDF DOI: 10.1108/CCM-04-2014-0043 The panacea of culture: the changing fortunes and careers of China's Dongba priests Zheng Xie, Yochanan Altman <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/CCM-01-2015-0001> Abstract | <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/CCM-01-2015-0001> PDF DOI: 10.1108/CCM-01-2015-0001 If the above hyperlinks do not work, then please use the following URL to access the current issue: <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/ccm/22/4> http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/ccm/22/4 Best, Richard F. J. Haans Tilburg University, the Netherlands Social Media Editor, Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal (to be retitled in 2016 as Cross Cultural & Strategic Management) ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.