Organizational Science Abroad

I. Introduction.- 1. The Myth of Universality in Transnational Organizational Science.- 2. From the Atlantic to the Pacific Century: Cross-Cultural Management Reviewed.- II. Insights and Perspectives from Europe.- 3. Applying American Organizational Sciences in Europe and the United Kingdom: The Problems.- 4. The Failure of Management Techniques in Central Planning Economies.- 5. Union-Management Participation in Corporate Decision-Making: A Comparative Analysis of Codetermination in West Germany and the United States.- 6. Convergence or Divergence of Strategic Decision Processes among 10 Nations.- III. Insights and Perspectives from Asia.- 7. The Diffusion of American Organizational Theory in Postwar Japan.- 8. Rational Man Theory in American and Japanese Performance Control.- 9. Chinese Enterprise Management.- 10. A Comparison of Enterprise Management in Japan and the People's Republic of China.- IV. Other Specific Insights and Perspectives.- 11. Contradictions between Brazilian and U.S. Organizations: Implications for Organizational Theory.- 12. The Influence of Societal Culture on Corporate Culture, Business Strategy, and Performance in the International Airline Industry.- V. Conclusion.- 13. Organizational Effectiveness and Its Attainment: A Cultural Perspective.- 14. Organizational Science in a Global Environment: Future Directions.- About the Authors.