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2014 | nr 4 | 19--36

Article title

Cross-cultural negotiations between expatriates and local managers – research findings from Poland

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PL
Negocjacje międzykulturowe między menedżerami ekspatriantami a lokalnymi menedżerami – wyniki badań

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Abstracts

EN
Today’s global marketplace requires organizations to relocate staff to foreign locations in order to establish business activity abroad. In recent years, the number of international interactions in which Polish managers are engaged has increased significantly. Since negotiations are an integral part of them, the purpose of this article is to present how the Polish managers negotiation style is perceived by Western expatriate managers operating in Poland. This article presents the unique results of 39 in-depth semi-structured interviews with representatives of 7 countries, such as the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Sweden. This paper also contributes to the ongoing debates on negotiation between expatriates and local managers. While there is a lot of research that compares national negotiations styles, Poland’s presence in them is rather scarce. Since Poland is rapidly becoming an important place where a lot of expatriate managers perform their daily operations there is a strong need for that type of research.
PL
Globalny rynek wymaga dziś od organizacji częstych relokacji pracowników. Zwiększa to ilość interakcji międzynarodowych, w których uczestniczą polscy menedżerowie. Negocjacje są integralną ich częścią. Celem tego artykułu jest przedstawienie, jak polska kultura negocjacji postrzegana jest przez zachodnich menedżerów działających w Polsce. W artykule przedstawiono wyniki 39 unikalnych wywiadów z przedstawicielami 7 krajów, takich jak: Stany Zjednoczone, Niemcy, Wielka Brytania, Hiszpania, Holandia, Irlandia i Szwecja. Artykuł ten stanowi również wkład w toczące się debaty na temat negocjacji między emigrantami a lokalnymi menedżerami. Chociaż istnieje wiele badań porównujących kultury negocjacyjne, obecność Polski w nich jest raczej rzadkością. Ponieważ Polska szybko staje się ważnym miejscem, gdzie wielu zagranicznych menadżerów wykonuje swoje codzienne operacje, istnieje coraz większe zapotrzebowanie na tego typu badania.

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Volume

Pages

19--36

Physical description

Bibliogr. 42 poz.

Contributors

  • University of Social Sciences
  • University of Social Sciences
  • Gdansk School of Banking
author
  • Wrocław University of Economics

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