Multiculturals in Global Organizations
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Stacey R. Fitzsimmons and Christof Miska and Günter Stahl Multicultural employees: Global business’ untapped resource
Article (Accepted for Publication) (Refereed) Original Citation: Fitzsimmons, Stacey R. and Miska, Christof and Stahl, Günter (2011) Multicultural employees: Global business’ untapped resource. Organizational Dynamics, 40 (3). pp. 199-206. ISSN 00902616 This version is available at: http://epub.wu.ac.at/3615/ Available in ePubWU : August 2012 ePubWU , the institutional repository of the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, is provided by the University Library and the IT-Services. The aim is to enable open access to the scholarly output of the WU. This document is the version accepted for publication and — in case of peer review — incorporates referee comments. There are minor differences between this and the publisher version which could however affect a citation.
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MULTICULTURAL EMPLOYEES: GLOBAL BUSINESS’ UNTAPPED RESOURCE
Stacey R. Fitzsimmonsa Christof Miskab Günter K. Stahlc
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Corresponding author. Stacey R. Fitzsimmons, Faculty of Business Administration, Simon Fraser University, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 1W6. Email: sfitzsim@sfu.ca Tel: +1 778-782-6796. b Christof Miska, Institute for International Business, WU Vienna, Austria. c Günter K. Stahl, Professor of International Management, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria, and Adjunct Professor of Organizational Behavior, INSEAD, France.
MULTICULTURALS IN GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS
MULTICULTURAL EMPLOYEES: GLOBAL BUSINESS’ UNTAPPED RESOURCE Executive Summary Despite rapid growth in the number of multicultural employees, few global organizations are tapping the potential of their employees with more than one culture. Some organizations may be unaware of the skills they possess, or may even see them as a source of problems. Others may lack the procedures
Stacey R. Fitzsimmons and Christof Miska and Günter Stahl Multicultural employees: Global business’ untapped resource
Article (Accepted for Publication) (Refereed) Original Citation: Fitzsimmons, Stacey R. and Miska, Christof and Stahl, Günter (2011) Multicultural employees: Global business’ untapped resource. Organizational Dynamics, 40 (3). pp. 199-206. ISSN 00902616 This version is available at: http://epub.wu.ac.at/3615/ Available in ePubWU : August 2012 ePubWU , the institutional repository of the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, is provided by the University Library and the IT-Services. The aim is to enable open access to the scholarly output of the WU. This document is the version accepted for publication and — in case of peer review — incorporates referee comments. There are minor differences between this and the publisher version which could however affect a citation.
http://epub.wu.ac.at/
MULTICULTURAL EMPLOYEES: GLOBAL BUSINESS’ UNTAPPED RESOURCE
Stacey R. Fitzsimmonsa Christof Miskab Günter K. Stahlc
a
Corresponding author. Stacey R. Fitzsimmons, Faculty of Business Administration, Simon Fraser University, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 1W6. Email: sfitzsim@sfu.ca Tel: +1 778-782-6796. b Christof Miska, Institute for International Business, WU Vienna, Austria. c Günter K. Stahl, Professor of International Management, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria, and Adjunct Professor of Organizational Behavior, INSEAD, France.
MULTICULTURALS IN GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS
MULTICULTURAL EMPLOYEES: GLOBAL BUSINESS’ UNTAPPED RESOURCE Executive Summary Despite rapid growth in the number of multicultural employees, few global organizations are tapping the potential of their employees with more than one culture. Some organizations may be unaware of the skills they possess, or may even see them as a source of problems. Others may lack the procedures
Bibliography: MULTICULTURALS IN GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS Psychological Science, 2008, 19, 378-384, for more information about the benefits of perspective-taking