Micropolitics in the multinational corporation : foundations, applications and new directions / edited by Florian A.A. Becker-Ritterspach [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Becker-Ritterspach, Florian A. A., 1972- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises.

Business and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 309 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Over the past decade, politics perspectives in international business have moved into the mainstream repertoire of research, theory development and teaching about the organisational behaviour of multinational corporations (MNCs). Politics perspectives contribute substantially to understanding the behaviour in and of MNCs in their different contexts and environments but so far these burgeoning perspectives have not been systematically and comprehensively reviewed. This book offers the first detailed overview of the theoretical foundations, methodologies and empirical applications of politics perspectives in MNCs. A group of international authors discuss twelve seminal contributions to the study of politics, power and conflict in MNCs, followed by a summary and synthesis of the literature into a comprehensive analytical framework. The book closes with a discussion of future directions in the field. This is a thorough introduction to political behaviour in MNCs written for scholars and graduate students in the fields of organisation studies and international business.

Contents:

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figure; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; 1 Introduction; Part I Foundations of politics, power and conflict in MNCs; 2 Theoretical foundations and conceptual definitions; 3 The evolution of a politics perspective of the multinational enterprise - past developments and current applications; Part II Seminal contributions; 4 Seminal contributions of the rationalistic-managerialist school; 5 Seminal contributions of the institutionalist and micropolitics schools; 6 Seminal contributions of the critical management school

Part III Analytical tools and applications7 Understanding organizational behaviour in multinational corporations (MNCs) from a micropolitical perspective: a stratified analytical framework; 8 Doing research on power and politics in multinational corporations (MNCs): a methodological perspective; Part IV Reflections and new directions for research; 9 Advancing research on political issues in and around multinational corporations (MNCs): the role of discursive sensemaking

10 Zooming in on politicking and issue selling tactics as new research directions for the study of micropolitics in multinational corporations (MNCs)11 Advancing research on micropolitics in multinational corporations (MNCs): an élite perspective; 12 Micropolitics in emerging market multinational corporations (EMNCs) as a field of new research; Index

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ISBN:

1-316-53759-5

1-316-54017-0

1-316-54060-X

1-316-54103-7

1-316-54146-0

1-107-28394-9

1-316-54318-8