Multicultural workplaces
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In the following paper the author discusses some generic approaches to making rigorous academic study relevant to practitioner readers.
McGahan, A. M. (2007). Academic research that matters to managers: On zebras, dogs, lemmings, hammers, and turnips. Academy of Management Journal, 50(4), 748-753. Retrieved from Business Source Premier database.
Which of the author's generic approaches to linking rigor with relevance appears to be the best fit for a problem statement on managing multicultural workplaces? Why?
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The following posting helps with a business management problem. This solution helps with a problem regarding managing a mulitcultural workplaces by discussing genetic approaches linking rigor with relevance. The brief explanation is given in 146 words.
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The choice for me would be the hammer and nail. There are any number of theories that work and can be linked to the need for managing and how to manage multicultural workplaces.
Academics would be able to point to Weber's ...
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