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Transnational Organizations and Cross-Cultural Workplaces

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Authors:
  1. Yukimi Shimoda

    1. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

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  • First book-length ethnographic study to focus on Asian expatriate employees working in an Asian country
  • Challenges the superficial image of the expatriate “bubble” separated from host societies, which is the dominant view in the social science literature
  • Addresses an under-explored side of transnational movements and their consequence by highlighting the formation of transnational connections between expatriate and host national employees, within and beyond host societies
  • Brings host national employees, an invisible element in business studies in general, firmly and squarely into analysis

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Porous Space

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Transnational Encounters: Openness and Closure in Porous Spaces

      • Yukimi Shimoda
      Pages 3-45

    3. Transnational Offices

      • Yukimi Shimoda
      Pages 47-82

  3. Interactions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Living in a Bubble?

      • Yukimi Shimoda
      Pages 85-118

    3. Porous Space: Coping with Differences and Familiarities

      • Yukimi Shimoda
      Pages 119-154

    4. Mediators: Trust in Individuals and Groups

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      Pages 155-189

    5. Scale of Groups and Communities

      • Yukimi Shimoda
      Pages 191-223

  4. From a Distance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
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    2. Transnational Business/Social Ties: Consequences of Interactions

      • Yukimi Shimoda
      Pages 227-260

    3. Conclusion: Insights from Porous Spaces

      • Yukimi Shimoda
      Pages 261-282

    4. Epilogue: From the Sky and from the Earth

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      Pages 283-287

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 289-294
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About this book

This work explores everyday face-to-face interactions between expatriate and host national employees in cross-cultural offices of transnational organizations and corporations. Applying the concepts of cosmopolitanism, social capital, and network theory, the book highlights both “closure” and “openness” in interpersonal interactions thus presenting more nuanced ways of understanding employees’ transnational business/social connections. It also offers useful suggestions, such as the importance of developing a sense of respect for each other, for those who work in transnational office environments in both home and host societies. The author based her findings on one year of intensive fieldwork in Indonesia, which provides an intimate look at the transnational relationships between Japanese expatriate employees and Indonesian host national co-workers. Social science and international business scholars will embrace this ethnographic study of the relationships formed by these professional migrations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

    Yukimi Shimoda

About the author

Yukimi Shimoda is a Research Fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Research Institute, Japan, and Honorary Research Fellow at The University of Western Australia. Her research interests include mobility, cross-cultural interaction, transnational connection, migration, networks, and inclusive business.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transnational Organizations and Cross-Cultural Workplaces

  • Authors: Yukimi Shimoda

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52212-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52211-5Published: 10 February 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-70577-1Published: 17 October 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52212-2Published: 07 February 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 294

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: International Business, Human Resource Management

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