Chapter published in:
Intercultural Experience in Narrative: Expatriate stories from a multicultural workplace
Michał Wilczewski
[Studies in Narrative 26] 2019
► pp. 194–238

Chapter 9
Learning local management processes and working styles of cultural others

Article outline
  • 9.0Introduction
  • 9.1Method
    • 9.1.1Interviewees
    • 9.1.2Materials
    • 9.1.3Procedure
    • 9.1.4Analyses
  • 9.2Findings
    • 9.2.1“I am giving you free reign”: Between “liberal” and “conservative” management
    • 9.2.2“A pawn”: Power management
    • 9.2.3“Maybe the problem will resolve itself”: Management through guanxi
    • 9.2.4“Dui, dui, dui, dui!”: Local hierarchy
    • 9.2.5“A temporary solution”: Between “methodical” and “short-sighted” management
    • 9.2.6“Putting out fires”: Between “short-sighted” and “forward-looking” management
  • 9.3Discussion and conclusion