Cross-cultural management research typically assumes that individuals have only one cultural profile. However, given the changing patterns in the world’s workforce it is increasingly possible that more employees and managers will be bicultural. This special issue responds to the need to further our understanding of this emerging demographic in organizations. In this introductory article, we provide a brief review of what we know about bicultural individuals, point out some implications of our current knowledge for organizations, indentify opportunities for further exploration of these topics, and introduce the articles in the special issue.
La personne biculturelle dans l’entreprise : implications et opportunités (Mary Yoko Brannen et David C. Thomas)
La recherche en management interculturel présume généralement que les individus n’ont qu’un seul profil culturel. Cependant, étant donné l’évolution globale de la population active dans le monde, il est plus que probable que de plus en plus d’employés et de cadres seront biculturels. Ce numéro spécial répond au besoin d’approfondir cette question démographique dans le contexte de l’entreprise. Dans cet article de présentation, nous faisons un bref rappel de ce que nous savons sur la personne biculturelle, soulignons quelques implications qu’ont nos connaissances actuelles sur l’entreprise, identifions des opportunités d’investigation plus poussée sur ces sujets, et présentons les divers articles de ce numéro spécial.
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