Culture Matters

Preface

Culture is communication and communication is culture.

Edward T. Hall

1976, p. 191

Culture? Yes…Culture!

I am and have always been passionate about culture. At the same time, my mind is stimulated and provoked with endless curiosity about the meaning of culture and its impact on human behavior in life, as well as in the workplace. I believe that one’s behavior at work is rooted in one’s cultural values. On the other hand, workplace practices, rituals, and routines can further shape one’s own cultural values. More than a decade ago, I began to craft my research on culturally oriented organizational behaviors, also known as cross-cultural management. Unsurprisingly, then, when I embarked on my PhD journey in 2001 in the School of Information ...