Culture is an all-pervasive concept and phenomenon that exerts influence on our social lives in many different ways, not least in business and working life. Taking a discursive ? and practice-related - approach to culture and intercultural collaboration, this book offers insight into a number of situations and incidents from the world of business and public organisations in which ways of talking about culture play a salient role in the development of collaboration and the shaping of identities and social roles. Thus, through the highlighting and discussion of cases from various professional contexts, the book aims at providing an understanding of the mechanisms at play when we meet, talk and work with people from other cultures, while suggesting how opportunities may be seized and challenges met. ...
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Title | Culture and Identity in Organisations |
Author | Holmgreen |
Publisher | Aalborg University Press |
Publication date | 31.12.2012 |
ISBN-13 | 9788771120431 |
Edition | 1 |
Pages | 225 |
Danish publication origin | Yes |