Learning from multi-paradigmatic sensitivity in cross-cultural management? Empirical and theoretical considerations
| Autor: | Christoph Barmeyer, Sina Grosskopf |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Cultural Studies
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Social reality 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Meta level Reflexivity 0502 economics and business Cross-cultural 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sensitivity (control systems) Business and International Management Psychology 050203 business & management International management Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Cross Cultural Management. 21:181-202 |
| ISSN: | 1741-2838 1470-5958 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/14705958211019437 |
| Popis: | Paradigms are basic assumptions about how social reality is perceived, understood and explained. Whereas most research is based on a single paradigm, few empirical papers show the advantages of using multiple paradigms within a study. This article pleads for multi-paradigm studies in cross-cultural management research in order to reach a more multifaceted representation of cultural phenomena. This is particularly consistent with the field of cross-cultural management, because it would be ethnocentric to consider intercultural situations only from one perspective, usually that of one’s own culture. The argument corresponds to the ambition of cross-cultural management to respect and adopt multiple (cultural) perspectives and, analogously, to achieve a ‘paradigmatic ethnorelativism’. Based on an intercultural situation, and therefore going beyond meta-theoretical reasoning, this article demonstrates multi-paradigmatic sensitivity in terms of the functionalist, interpretive and critical paradigms. The use of these theoretical concepts leads to multiple angles and a less ‘ethnocentric’ position, and hence to more nuanced knowledge creation with regard to the intercultural situation. The ‘blind spots’ of each paradigm, but also their complementarities, are discussed. Consequently, this article raises theoretical and practical implications for cross-cultural management by offering a way to a richer understanding of intercultural situations through openness to different paradigms. |
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