Managing Cultural Diversity in Asia

Edited by Jawad Syed, Suleman Dawood School of Business, LUMS, The Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan and Mustafa F. Özbilgin, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Brunel University of London, UK

• Contents:1. Introduction: Diversity Management Travels to Underexplored TerritoriesMustafa F. Özbilgin and Jawad Syed2. Cultural Diversity Management in Malaysia: A Perspective of Communication ManagementZulhamri Abdullah3. Identity Salience, Occupational Commitment and Organizational Citizenship Behaviour in Multinational Teams: An Exploratory Study from the Turkish ContextF. Pinar Acar4. Religious Diversity in Lebanon: Lessons from a Small Country to the Global WorldAkram Al Ariss5. Diverse Discretionary Effort in Workplace Networks: Serving Self Over Community in China Kurt April and Eon Smit6. The Diversity Scenario in Pakistani OrganizationsNailah Ayub and Karen Jehn7. Diversity in RussiaMoira Calveley and Graham Hollinshead8. The Main Problems of Cultural Diversity Management in Turkish Companies which Operate in Central Asian CountriesBeliz Dereli9. Caste-based Quotas: India’s Reservation PoliciesRana Haq10. Intercultural Competencies Across Cultures: Same or Different?Charmine E.J. Härtel, Shannon Lloyd and Divya Singhal11. When East Meets West: Managing Chinese Enterprise Relationships through Guanxi-based Diversity ManagementCharmine E.J. Härtel, Ruby M.M. Ma and Sharif As-Saber12. A Comparison of the Japanese and South Korean Mindset: Similar but Different Management ApproachesYang-Im Lee13. Confronting Discrimination through Affirmative Action in India: Playing the Right Music with the Wrong Instrument?Taran Patel14. Demographic Profile of Economic Resources and Environment in South Asia Jalandhar Pradhan15. Transplanting the Meritocracy in India: Creating a Shared Corporate Vision at the Local and Global LevelsNicholas P. Robinson and Prescott C. Ensign16. Workforce Diversity in Iran: Some Case Study Evidence of Private Sector OrganisationsEbrahim Soltani, Hugh Scullion and David Collings17. Is Diversity Management Relevant for Turkey? Evaluation of Some Factors Leading to Diversity Management in the Context of TurkeyOlca Sürgevil18. Ethical and Cultural Aspects of Diversity and Unicity in the Arab Middle East: Managing Diverse Knowledge in a Culturally Unicist EnvironmentDavid Weir19. Diversity Management in ThailandDaungdauwn Youngsamart, Greg Fisher and Charmine E.J. Härtel20. Islamic Civil Society and Social Capital in Turkey: The Gülen CommunityAhmet Yükleyen21. Asian and Other Immigrant Entrepreneurs in the United StatesRobert W. Fairlie22. Nuzzling Nuances? Asian Diaspora in New ZealandEdwina Pio23. Israel–Indian Teams in Israeli High-tech Organizations: A Diversity PerspectiveAyala Malach-Pines and Nurit ZaidmanIndex