Schemata, Acculturation, and Cognition : Expatriates in Japan's Software Industry
Abstract
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.
Main Authors
Format
Conferences
Conference paper
Published
2016
Series
Subjects
Publication in research information system
Publisher
IEEE Computer Society Press
The permanent address of the publication
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201612074973Käytä tätä linkitykseen.
Parent publication ISBN
978-1-5090-5575-3
Review status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1530-1362
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1109/APSEC.2016.054
Conference
Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference
Language
English
Published in
Proceedings : Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference
Is part of publication
APSEC 2016 : Proceedings of the 23rd Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference
Citation
- 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
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