000			01185pab a2200181 454500
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100			_aEglene, Ophelia
245			_aChallenges and strategies for conducting international public management research
260			_c2006
300			_ap.596-622.
362			_aNov
520			_aCross-cultural management research is a valuable but complex and error-phone endeavor. The main challenges the author encountered in conducting a multinational research project included nonequivalence of key concepts, cultural stereotypes, assumptions of universality and difficulties in comparative analysis. The authors identified crucial questions that need to be asked at each stage of the research for it to be both reliable and valid. These questions address such pitfalls as the importance of focusing on culture as independent variable, the cultural dynamics of the research team, and the importance of translation and of finding culturally equivalent definitions of key concepts. - Reproduced.
650			_aResearch
650			_aPublic administration
700			_aDawes, Sharon S.
773			_aAdministration and Society
909			_a72172
999			_c72172 _d72172