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Kane, Aimée A. and Levina, Natalia (2017) 'Am I still one of them?' : bicultural immigrant managers navigating social identity threats when spanning global boundaries. Journal of Management Studies, 54 (4). pp. 540-577. doi:10.1111/joms.12259 ISSN 0022-2380.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joms.12259
Abstract
We examine the practice of nominating bicultural immigrants to manage knowledge-intensive projects sourced from their host to their home countries. We focus on their actions vis-à-vis global collaborators and unpack psychological processes involved. Managers in these positions have to navigate the workplace social identity threat that arises from being associated with the home country group - a lower status group in this context. How they navigate this threat shapes the way they use their bicultural competencies and authority as managers. When they embrace their home country identity, immigrant managers tend to enable knowledge-based boundary spanning through actions empowering home country collaborators, such as teaching missing competencies, connecting to important stakeholders, and soliciting input. Instead, when distancing from their home country identity, they tend to hinder collaborators by micromanaging, narrowing communication channels, and suppressing input. We develop theoretical implications for the study of global boundary spanning, bicultural managers, and workplace social identity.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Information Systems & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Executives -- Ethnic identity -- Psychological aspects, International trade, Project management, Globalization, Biculturalism, Identity (Psychology) | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Management Studies | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0022-2380 | ||||||||
Official Date: | June 2017 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 54 | ||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 540-577 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/joms.12259 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 February 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 7 February 2019 |
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