THE ORGANISATION THE ORGANISATION

Globalization, Labor, & the Transformation of Work

“Globalization” is a key concept that represents a wide range of
complex processes in our modern world. These processes have wide Globalization, Labor,
and the
sweeping impacts on the international political economy,
international capitalism, and the ability for organizations of all types to
gain and maintain a competitive advantage and successfully compete
in an increasingly global economy. Additionally, increasing
“globalization” over the past several decades has changed the Transformation of Work
dynamics of an increasingly international labor force, how
organizations compete for this labor, their internal labor dynamics,
and ultimately how they do business. As such, the nature of work and
the workplace has also shifted dramatically over the past several
decades.

This edited collection provides a comprehensive introduction to Readings for Seeking

“globalization” and its wide sweeping impacts for the modern
workplace, presenting a wide range of cross-disciplinary research in an
a
organized, clear, and accessible manner. It will be informative to Competitive Advantage
academics and students interested in the interplay between macro
global processes and the more micro organizational and individual in an
impacts, while also instructing managers, policy makers, and
practitioners of all types interested in the role that “globalization” is Increasingly
playing in shifting international labor dynamics and the
transformation of the modern workplace.
Global Economy

Westover
Edited by
Jonathan H. Westover

theorganisation.com
First published in Australia in 2010
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Selections and editorial matter copyright © Jonathan Westover 2010;

Individual chapters copyright © individual contributors 2010

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Globalization, labor & the transformation of work: readings for seeking a competitive
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Jonathan H. Westover (editor)

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1. Globalization--Economic aspects.
2. Labor movement.
3. International relations.

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Part I : Globalization

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 1: Globalization Theory and Background—Overview . . . . . . . 9

Neo-isms , Manfred B. Steger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Origins and Orientations of Commodity Chain
Analysis, Michael L. Dougherty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
A Review and Comparison of Sociological Theories of Global
Development , Jonathan Hinton Westover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Sociological Theories of Global Development and the Resurgence of
the Role of the State , Jonathan Hinton Westover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Chapter 2: Globalization and Economic Development

Trajectories— Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Employment, Economic Development and the Management of
Indigenous Cultures , Paul Kauffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
The Enlarging European Union , Dr. Clarisse Didelon,
Dr Yann Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Economic Globalization and Caribbean Economies,
Syed H. Akhter , Paul Pounder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Chapter 3: Globalization and Culture and Identity—Overview . . . . 139

Culture and Leadership in an Era of Globalization, Nicholas Hadgis . . 143
Organizational Culture of Global Organization,
Yoshimi Muto, Shaista Khilji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Cultural Identity Development , Gina Zanolini Morrison . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Culture as Knowledge, Nhu T. B. Nguyen, Katsuhiro Umemoto,
Yoshiteru Nakamori ,Yasunobu Ito . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
A Conversation about Globalization and Culture, Koushik Ghosh,
Dipankar Purkayastha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
The Redefinition of Cultural Imperialism in American Visual
Communications , Jorge Benitez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

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 Interpersonal Communication, Empathy and Globalization,
Mariangela Marcello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Part II : Labor

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Chapter 4: Globalization, Global Workforce, and Shifting Labor

Trajectories— Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
World Cities and Shifting Economic Development Trajectories in the
Age of Globalization , Jonathan Hinton Westover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Global Determinants of Labor Movement Fracture,
Jeffrey Blair Sluyter-Beltrao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Effective Communication and Leadership Essentials for a Global
Workforce, Madhav N. Segal, Zubin N. Segal, Neel N. Segal,
Uma A. Segal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Part III : The Transformation of Work

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

Chapter 5: Globalization and Changing Work—Overview . . . . . . . . 311

Integrating Global Recruitment Trends , Lai Wan Hooi . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Theorizing Teamwork , Darina Lepadatu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Transforming Work , Vida Bayley, Anne-Marie McTavish . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Leading Change in Organisations , Kasim Randeree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
A Knowledge Management Perspective on Business Models,
Rozeia Mustafa, Hannes Werthner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Third Generation Globalization , Leonard H. Lynn, Hal Salzman . . . . . 393

Chapter 6: Globalization and Successful Multinational

Organizations—Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Critical Issues in Supplier Selection in Internationalized Enterprises,
Anna Maria Moisello, Maria Gorbunova, Pietro Gottardo . . . . . . . . . 415
States, Strategy, and Diversity , Michael Peter Ilg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Chapter 7: Globalization and Management/Executive

Perceptions—Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Executive Perceptions on Globalization, Dr. J. Mark Munoz ,
Dr. Marios Katsioloudes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Awareness and Impact of Globalization on Everyday Business,
Robert L. Engle, Edward Kossakowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

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Part IV : Additional Globalization Case Studies

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511

Case 1: Culture and Corporate Social Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

The Role of National Culture in Corporate Social Responsibility,
Bahram Ranjbarian, Hadi Teimouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515

Case 2: Managerial Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

A Study of Malaysian Managers , Nazatul Shima Abdulrani . . . . . . . . . . .533

Case 3: Globalization versus Glocalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Globalizaton versus Glocalization of Business Practices in Latin
America , Carlos J. Alsua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

Case 4: Labor Market Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Globalization, Deindustrialization and Labor Market Structure in
Algeria , Omar Chaoura Bourouh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561

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 THE ORGANISATION THE ORGANISATION

Globalization, Labor, & the Transformation of Work

“Globalization” is a key concept that represents a wide range of
complex processes in our modern world. These processes have wide Globalization, Labor,
and the
sweeping impacts on the international political economy,
international capitalism, and the ability for organizations of all types to
gain and maintain a competitive advantage and successfully compete
in an increasingly global economy. Additionally, increasing
“globalization” over the past several decades has changed the Transformation of Work
dynamics of an increasingly international labor force, how
organizations compete for this labor, their internal labor dynamics,
and ultimately how they do business. As such, the nature of work and
the workplace has also shifted dramatically over the past several
decades.

This edited collection provides a comprehensive introduction to Readings for Seeking

“globalization” and its wide sweeping impacts for the modern
workplace, presenting a wide range of cross-disciplinary research in an
a
organized, clear, and accessible manner. It will be informative to Competitive Advantage
academics and students interested in the interplay between macro
global processes and the more micro organizational and individual in an
impacts, while also instructing managers, policy makers, and
practitioners of all types interested in the role that “globalization” is Increasingly
playing in shifting international labor dynamics and the
transformation of the modern workplace.
Global Economy

Westover
Edited by
Jonathan H. Westover

theorganisation.com