Overview
- n-Culturals is the first concept to address personal multiculturalism
- Provides a narrative and insights dealing with personal multiculturalism
- The first book that illuminates the processes and mechanics of personal cultural integration
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Emerging Cultural Perspectives in Work, Organizational, and Personnel Studies (SSCOW)
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About this book
This book introduces the concept of n-Culturalism – a play on the notation of sub-sample size indicating that multiple and different samples can exist within a body of work/research. It suggests that n-Culturals are a different type of multicultural individual, with different skills and abilities. At the same time, it contends that because n-Culturals represent a different type of multicultural, they also face different challenges that many non-multicultural individuals do not encounter. Lastly, it discusses the idea that being multicultural is manageable and offers opportunities for those who embrace it rather than avoid it.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Andre A Pekerti is a Senior Lecturer in International Management within the International Business Discipline, at The University of Queensland Business School. He is an n-Cultural, a Christian of Indonesian-Chinese heritage who grew up in Jakarta, Southern California and New Zealand. As a naturalized New Zealander and Australian Andre currently live and work in Brisbane. Andre’s multicultural background complements his research interests, which includes attributions, acculturation, cultural intelligence, cross-cultural communication, development of multi-method assessment on n-Culturals and cognitive complexity, ethics, family business, n-Culturals, and servant leadership.
Andre consistently publishes in international journals including, International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Journal of International Business Studies.
He consistently serves as ad hoc reviewers for a number of international journals, including Journal of International Business Studies. He served as Vice President of the Australia New Zealand International Business Academy for two terms, and on the editorial review board of Asia-Pacific Journal of Management; Cross Cultural and Strategic Management; Human Resource Management Review; International Journal of Intercultural Relations; Journal of World Business; and Honorary Editor of Andalas Management Review.
Andre initiated the Rapid Acculturation Mateship Program (RAMP) at UQBS. A precursor to Global Mates, RAMP is a 19-week program connecting local students with incoming international students. RAMP “Serves to facilitate adjustment to UQ, Australia and the reciprocal learning of cultures”, and has positively affected the experiences of domestic and international students.
Dr. Pekerti has taught in the MBA Program at The University of Auckland, Bond University and UQ Business School. He consulted for Diner’s Club, Singapore; the Department of Transport Victoria, Australia; and Ministry of Trade, Indonesia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: n-Culturalism in Managing Work and Life
Book Subtitle: A New Within Individual Multicultural Model
Authors: Andre A. Pekerti
Series Title: Springer Series in Emerging Cultural Perspectives in Work, Organizational, and Personnel Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27282-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27281-4Published: 06 December 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-27282-1Published: 25 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2662-4672
Series E-ISSN: 2662-4680
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 135
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cross Cultural Psychology, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, International Business