RT Article
T1 The Political Dimension: Added Value for Cross-Cultural Analysis. Nozawa and Smits, Two CEOs and Their Public Statements
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 91
IS 3
SP 319
OP 327
A1 van Es, Robert
A1 Pels, Thomas
A2 Pels, Thomas
LA English
YR 2010
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785637460
AB Work-related cultural differences, which were familiarized by scholars such as Hall and Hofstede, offer important concepts to help us understand various forms of cooperation and communication. However, the predominant focus of cultural analysis on collectivistic harmony prevents us from gaining an understanding of strategy and conflict. In an attempt to grasp how conflicts are handled, a political analysis can provide new insights. This is illustrated by a comparative study of two CEOs who gave public statements concerning management failure: Shouhei Nozawa of Yamaichi and Paul Smits of KPN. Their statements were strikingly different in several ways, but the classical insights of cross-cultural analysis can only partly explain the differences. This is where political analysis comes in, focusing on interest relationships, responsibilities and virtues, tactics and strategy.
K1 KPN
K1 Smits
K1 Yamaichi
K1 Nozawa
K1 CEO
K1 spijt
K1 makoto
K1 Responsibility
K1 public statements
K1 Political Analysis
K1 cultural differences
DO 10.1007/s10551-009-0085-1