Survey of Cross-Cultural Technology Transfer Research

Genre analysis of literature research article abstracts: A cross-linguistic, cross-cultural study

Following Swales’s  (1981)  works  on  genre  analysis,  studies  on  different  sections  of  Research Articles  (RAs)  in  various  languages  and  fields  abound;  however,  only  scant  attention  has  been directed toward abstracts written in Persian, and in the field of literature. Moreover, claims made by Lores (2004) regarding the correspondence of two types of abstracts with different ...

A Cross-linguistic and Cross-cultural Study of Epistemic Modality Markers in Linguistics Research Articles

Epistemic modality devices are believed to be one of the prominent characteristics of research articles as the commonly used genre among the academic community members. Considering the importance of such devices in producing and comprehending scientific discourse, this study aimed to cross–culturally and cross-linguistically investigate epistemic modality markers as an important subcategory...

Cross-Cultural Research in MIS

i It is hard not to notice that an increasing number of cross-cultural studies in Information Systems are being published in JGIM and other similarly oriented outlets in the last few years. Such trend, albeit to a lesser extent, is also seen in other top tier mainstream publications. For instance, in February of 2003 there was a special issue on " Cultural Issues and IT Management " in IEEE Tra...

Cross Cultural Research: EUC Perspective

3 Globalization is the key to survival in the 90’s. More and more companies are venturing overseas for new markets, manufacturing facilities or investments. Companies are globalizing through acquisitions, partnerships or joint ventures. Globalization, though lucrative, adds complexity in terms of organizational structure, management strategies and allocation of resources. Decision making become...

Knowledge transfer in a cross - cultural context