Brazilian Multinationals ́ Competences: Impacts of a “Tug of War” Between Cultural Legacies and Global Mindedness

This study investigates the simultaneous influences of culture and global mindedness on the foreign subsidiaries of Brazilian multinationals (B rMNs). Because the ability to develop competences abroad is critical for emerging multina tionals competitiveness, we prop...

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Autores principales:	Germano Glufke Reis, Maria Tereza Leme Fleury, Afonso Carlos Corrêa Fleury, Felipe Zambaldi
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Lenguaje:	EN PT
Publicado:	FUCAPE Business School 2015
Materias:	global mindset culture subsidiaries emerging multinationals organizational competences Business HF5001-6182
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:31a8e823119f47f69f635ca20c1066302021-11-11T15:48:06ZBrazilian Multinationals ́ Competences: Impacts of a “Tug of War” Between Cultural Legacies and Global Mindedness1807-734Xhttps://doaj.org/article/31a8e823119f47f69f635ca20c1066302015-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123035864003https://doaj.org/toc/1807-734XThis study investigates the simultaneous influences of culture and global mindedness on the foreign subsidiaries of Brazilian multinationals (B rMNs). Because the ability to develop competences abroad is critical for emerging multina tionals competitiveness, we proposed hypotheses and tested a model for how the competenc es of subsidiaries may be affected by the dimensions of global mindedness and culture. To do so, we conducted a multilevel survey involving the headquarters and subsidiaries of majo r BrMNs. The results suggest that global mindedness, which encompasses global orientation, g lobal knowledge, and global skills, is positively related to the development of subsidiari es ́ competences. By contrast, cultural factors, including power distance and uncertainty a voidance, are negatively related to competences development. Therefore, these dimension s may exert simultaneous and opposing stimuli and unaligned forces that affect the develo pment of competences abroad, generating a “tug of war” effect.Germano Glufke ReisMaria Tereza Leme FleuryAfonso Carlos Corrêa FleuryFelipe ZambaldiFUCAPE Business Schoolarticleglobal mindsetculturesubsidiariesemerging multinationalsorganizational competencesBusinessHF5001-6182ENPTBBR: Brazilian Business Review, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 55-79 (2015)
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description	This study investigates the simultaneous influences of culture and global mindedness on the foreign subsidiaries of Brazilian multinationals (B rMNs). Because the ability to develop competences abroad is critical for emerging multina tionals competitiveness, we proposed hypotheses and tested a model for how the competenc es of subsidiaries may be affected by the dimensions of global mindedness and culture. To do so, we conducted a multilevel survey involving the headquarters and subsidiaries of majo r BrMNs. The results suggest that global mindedness, which encompasses global orientation, g lobal knowledge, and global skills, is positively related to the development of subsidiari es ́ competences. By contrast, cultural factors, including power distance and uncertainty a voidance, are negatively related to competences development. Therefore, these dimension s may exert simultaneous and opposing stimuli and unaligned forces that affect the develo pment of competences abroad, generating a “tug of war” effect.
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author	Germano Glufke Reis Maria Tereza Leme Fleury Afonso Carlos Corrêa Fleury Felipe Zambaldi
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title	Brazilian Multinationals ́ Competences: Impacts of a “Tug of War” Between Cultural Legacies and Global Mindedness
title_short	Brazilian Multinationals ́ Competences: Impacts of a “Tug of War” Between Cultural Legacies and Global Mindedness
title_full	Brazilian Multinationals ́ Competences: Impacts of a “Tug of War” Between Cultural Legacies and Global Mindedness
title_fullStr	Brazilian Multinationals ́ Competences: Impacts of a “Tug of War” Between Cultural Legacies and Global Mindedness
title_full_unstemmed	Brazilian Multinationals ́ Competences: Impacts of a “Tug of War” Between Cultural Legacies and Global Mindedness
title_sort	brazilian multinationals ́ competences: impacts of a “tug of war” between cultural legacies and global mindedness
publisher	FUCAPE Business School
publishDate	2015
url	https://doaj.org/article/31a8e823119f47f69f635ca20c106630
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Brazilian Multinationals ́ Competences: Impacts of a “Tug of War” Between Cultural Legacies and Global Mindedness

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