Schemata, Acculturation, and Cognition : Expatriates in Japan's Software Industry
Baber, W. W., & Ojala, A. (2016). Schemata, Acculturation, and Cognition : Expatriates in Japan's Software Industry. In A. Potanin, G. Murphy, S. Reeves, & J. Dietrich (Eds.), APSEC 2016 : Proceedings of the 23rd Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (pp. 337-340). IEEE Computer Society Press. Proceedings : Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/APSEC.2016.054
Date
2016Discipline
Elektroninen liiketoimintaCopyright
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This multiple case based empirical study expands
the knowledge around North American software and IT workers
in Japan as well as the expatriate literature and discussion of
cognitive schemata in cross cultural settings. The study includes
eleven individuals, nine of them in software. Evidence of
selection, rejection, and adjustment of cognitive schemata found
in Japan's business world is presented. Changes in schemata
drive cultural adjustment and acculturation. North American
software and IT workers in Japan must maneuver through
unfamiliar and often complex schemata to motivate, lead,
manipulate, and communicate with coworkers and partners and
thereby gain success.
Publisher
IEEE Computer Society PressParent publication ISBN
978-1-5090-5575-3Conference
Asia-Pacific Software Engineering ConferenceIs part of publication
APSEC 2016 : Proceedings of the 23rd Asia-Pacific Software Engineering ConferenceISSN Search the Publication Forum
1530-1362Publication in research information system
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