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Schemata, Acculturation, and Cognition : Expatriates in Japan's Software Industry

Arto OjalaWilliam W. Baber

subject

ta113Knowledge managementExpatriatebusiness.industryComputer science05 social sciences050209 industrial relationsContext (language use)Cognitioncognitive schemataAcculturationexpatriatesEmpirical researchJapansoftware businessCultural diversity0502 economics and businessSelection (linguistics)Cross-culturalbusinessSocial psychologyta512acculturation050203 business & management

description

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.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-01-01
10.1109/apsec.2016.054https://doi.org/10.1109/APSEC.2016.054