International Journal of Commerce and Management: Volume 10 Issue 1

USAGE OF CORPORATE CAREER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES BY EXPATRIATE MANAGERS AND THE EXTENT OF THEIR INTERNATIONAL ADJUSTMENT

Jan Selmer

A sample of 343 Western business expatriates assigned to Hong Kong responded to a mail survey regarding usage of corporate career development activities and their extent of…

A CASE STUDY OF STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS, TRADE AND POVERTY IN MALAYSIA'S SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 1960–95

Thamir Salih, Dale Colyer

Malaysia is one of the high performing economies (HPE) in Southeast Asia. It had experienced strong growth and development for the period between 1957 and 1995. Socioeconomic…

ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND AUTHORITY RELATIONS ACROSS CULTURES: BEYOND DIVERGENCE AND CONVERGENCE

John O. Ogbor

This article examines the interaction between Western leadership and authority practices and those of a non‐Western culture in their managerial and organizational contexts…

A DIFFERENCE OF PERSPECTIVE: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF OMANI AND EXPATRIATE VALUES AND ATTITUDES

Kermit W. Kuehn, Yousef Al‐Busaidi

This exploratory study used data from three industrial companies (N = 85) in the Sultanate of Oman to assess the values and altitudes of entry‐level Omani and expatriate…

CUSTOMIZING CORE COMPETENCIES: THE REGIONAL CHALLENGE

Shahid Siddiqi

This paper examines the issue of core competency from the perspective of economic regionalization. It utilizes the concept of strategic geography and the studies focusing on…