Cross Cultural Conference 2007
Abstract
Crosscultural Life of Social Values |
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(international conference organized by International Association of Cross-CulturalCompetence & Management, Vienna and Rotterdam School of Management, ErasmusUniversity Rotterdam) |
Rotterdam, May 18-19, 2007 |
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Values lead a very busy social life, avoiding attempts to organize and manage them inideologies, theories, norms, explanations and justifications. Socially managed gardens ofour culture, with carefully fenced off domains of arts, sciences, moralities and religionsare being subverted, undermined and corrupted everyday. Under schools, dimensions,themes and fashions there are secret tunnels, cunning passages, clandestine networks.Through these underground mazes a busy traffic makes our cultures go round,clashing, merging and cross-breeding hybrid cultural forms. |
A group of researchers spanning cross-cultural studies, critical management studiesand sciences of organization invites you to discuss theoretical landscape of comparativestudies in cultures and organizations. With, around and “after” Hofstede. We will betracing the making of the “canon” of comparative cross-cultural studies, the “shifting”away from the canon and accumulating criticism of the founding father, and scan thepresent focus of research communities. Morning plenary sessions will bring you close tothe leading representatives of cross-cultural studies. Afternoon workshops will allowyou to meet in focus groups*. Ph.D. students are invited at a fraction of the fee. Guestspeakers include Mark Petersen, the first occupant of the Geert Hofstede chair at theUniversity of Maastricht, Terence Jackson, David Boje, Barbara, Yiannis Gabriel, MatsAlvesson and Hugh Willmott. The organizing committee includes Gerhard Fink andWolfgang Mayrhofer from Vienna, Nigel Holden from Nottingham and SlawomirMagala from Rotterdam. Selected papers will appear in European Journal ofInternational Management, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Journal ofCross-Cultural Competence and Management and International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management. |
Conference fee is 150,- € for regular participants, 100,-€ for members and 50,- € for PhD. students and master program students. Details of the registration will appear at the website. |
Friday, May 18:
Lunch (12.30 – 13.30)
Reception (17.30 – 18.30) Dinner (20.00) |
Saturday, May 19:
Lunch (12.30-13.30)
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Contact information: |
Slawomir Magala (smagala@rsm.nl) |
Gerhard Fink (gerhard.fink@wu-wien.ac.at) |
Nigel Holden (nigel.holden@ntu.ac.uk) |