Task success based on contingency fit of managerial culture and embeddedness

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ma, Li; Chen, Aihua; Zhang, Zhi-Xue
• 署名单位: Peking University; Chongqing University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2015.45
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 191-209
• 关键词: critical incident approach; Embeddedness; MANAGERIAL CULTURE; managerial task; managing foreign operations; multinational corporations (MNCs) and enterprises (MNEs)

摘要

The article extends research on the contingency of fit in international management at the level of managerial tasks. Foreign firms' managerial tasks are embedded in two environments with different profiles, and different managerial cultures fit them to ensure task success. Study 1 analyzes 18 critical incidents, summarizes Chinese and Japanese managerial cultures, and identifies three types of managerial tasks. We hypothesize that task success depends on the fit between task type and the chosen managerial culture, such that foreign firms can have their operational, local, and people tasks successfully completed using home, host, or integrated managerial cultures respectively. Study 2 tests our hypotheses using 112 critical incidents. The fit pattern at the level of managerial tasks advances the contingency perspective in international management and equips managers with cultural agility to confront international challenges.