Cross-cultural management project

Suggested: ~1.5-2 pages

Identify and explain business-related etiquette, norms and behaviors, as they may relate to local customs, traditions, and business practices. Provide information that would be helpful for someone conducting business in this country, such as traditions regarding business cards, interpersonal interactive behaviors, gift-giving, negotiation styles, etc.

DIVERSITY

Suggested: ~1 page

First, address whether or not the nation (and its workplaces) more homogenous, or heterogeneous/ diverse? Second, pick one protected class category (e.g., age, gender, race/ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, immigration, or social class). Discuss this diversity issue within this country, and provide suggestions and practical advice for how managers should handle it. For example, if the company’s policy is to hire the best people for the job, including women, yet women are not accepted in this country’s business environment, how should this issue be addressed? You can also inform the class about the legal environment (e.g. are there laws protecting certain communities?), where appropriate.

CONCLUSION

Suggested: ~1 page

Provide a conclusive summary of your paper content. Share the main highlights that your audience should be aware of in doing business in this country.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Not included in the page limit

List all works cited in the paper. See instructions below for formatting.

TABLES / FIGURES / APPENDICES

Not necessary/required

Not included in the page limit

Attach tables, figures, and/or appendices to the end of the paper.

II. Sources :

This is a research project. Therefore, you must support your content and recommendations with appropriate facts, models, evidence, and statistics. Your paper is expected to include a minimum of 8 relevant, current (within the past 15 years) and credible publications. Here is a list of what is acceptable and not acceptable:

· Acceptable sources include refereed or peer-reviewed journals (e.g., Harvard Business Review, Academy of Management Perspectives, MIT Sloan Management Review, Organizational Dynamics, Training and Development, Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Resource Management, Journal of International Business Studies, etc.) and/or respected popular press publications (e.g., Fortune, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, HR Magazine, New York Times, NPR, LA Times). These articles can be obtained through electronic databases (e.g. Google Scholar, Academic Elite, Web of Science, Jstore, ABI Global Inform).

· Do not use textbooks, as they are not primary sources (i.e., information is from other primary sources).

· You may include books, but as they typically take years to get to publication, the information may not be as current as the year suggests.

· Websites may not count towards your 8 sources. You may include them, if you have 8 other article sources. Websites should be used selectively, as not all websites are equally legitimate. Somewhat more reputable websites include those from the U.S. government, SHRM, CountryWatch, Mergent Online, and Stat USA. However, many websites have little or no validity.

· Over-reliance on one source is discouraged and will be penalized.

I encourage you to read and consider all sources critically. Authors, journals, and perspectives can have biases, and information provided can be debatable. As a general lesson, do not always take information at face value.

III. Bibliography Structure and Citation Guidelines:

· Every citation in the body of the paper must be included in the bibliography, and vice versa (every citation in the bibliography should be somewhere in the paper).

· The second line of each reference should be indented-- this is “reverse indentation.”

· The bibliography should be single spaced, and start on a separate page.

· Remember to alphabetize your references by author last name. If there is no author, use Anonymous. If you have more than one Anonymous per year, use Anonymous (2012a), Anonymous (2012b), etc. You should have very few, if any anonymous sources (e.g., try using scholar.google.com to find an article’s author).

All references must be cited properly. Failure to do so is plagiarism (see the syllabus), which is a violation of the University’s policy on academic honesty, and may result in a zero grade for the entire team. If you are uncertain how to cite sources properly, ask me before turning in the paper. Be careful to cite within the body of the paper, including paraphrased content. You can quote text directly as long as it is cited and put within quotations. Never copy materials directly from a source and paste them into the body of the paper without giving proper credit to the author – this is plagiarism.

Example of citation within the body of the paper:

Gibson (2017) defines cultural diversity as “the representation, in one social system, of people with distinctly different group affiliations of cultural significance” (p. 6). In another study, Harrison, Birkinshaw, and Chan (2015) dichotomize culture into two categories – surface level and deep level characteristics. In the current study, attitudes are assessed toward two primary or surface level types of culture expected to be important markers because they are salient, visible characteristics (Harrison et al., 2005; Williams & O’Reilly, 2020).

Citing sources within the paper: The within-body format should be (author, date). The above example shows how sources can be integrated within a paragraph.

Direct quotations: Keep direct quotations to a minimum. It is better to use your own words, as I want to read your thinking. Put direct quotes in quotation marks, and then list the page that the quote was from.

Bibliography format:

The most important thing is to be consistent in how you cite your sources within your bibliography, and within your paper.

Unless your citation is only the website itself, do NOT put the website of the citation in your reference list. (e.g., doi, proquest, ebscohost, etc.)

Example bibliography format:

Di Rado, A. 2015, March 15. Trekking through college: Classes explore modern society using the world

of Star Trek. Los Angeles Times, p. A3.

Dutton, J., Bartunek, J., & Gersick, C. 1996. Growing a personal, professional collaboration. In P. Frost &

S. Taylor (Editors), Rhythms of Academic Life: 239–248. London: Sage Publications.

Jackson, Jill. Telephone interview. Apr. 12, 2019

James, N. E. 1988. Two sides of paradise: The Eden myth according to Kirk and Spock. In D. Palumbo

(Ed.), Spectrum of the Fantastic: 219-223. Westport, CT: Greenwood.