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1 DISS
Accession number & update
UNVERSITY MICROFILMS ORDER NUMBER AAK9027818 921022.
Title
THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE SELECTION AND EDUCATION OF U.S.
MANAGERS FOR OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENT: A STUDY IN COMMUNICATIVE
COMPETENCE AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF OVERSEAS
PERSONNEL (UNITED STATES).
Author(s)
ZACHLOD-CRAIG-EDWARD.
Institution
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO (6019)
ED.D. 1990, 262 PAGES.
Source
DAI V51(05), SECA, PP1534.
Year degree granted
1990.
Abstract
Statement of the problem. This study examines management practice
in U.S. multinational organizations (MNC), communication, and the
expatriate experience. The study questions appropriate practice
in light of new paradigm organizational theories which emphasize
people and their language as the essence of organizations. It
critiques positivist information oriented approaches to
intercultural education and leadership suggesting alternatively a
generalist grounding in communicative and intercultural
competence. The study contends that the establishments of
communicative competence as explained by Jurgen Habermas may be
related to successful adjustment during overseas assignment and
repatriation.
Procedures and methods. The data were collected via face-to-face
conversations. The participants included domestic managers,
overseas managers, and related expatriate community members in
California, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Thailand, and Japan.
Participatory research involved the researcher and participants
in a mutual learning experience through intersubjectivity. In
this type of research the researcher and the participants engage
in interaction to help determine the meaning and implications of
the data.
Results. The study of expatriate experiences reveals a myriad of
complexities. Five categories for theoretical discussion and
analysis are presented which include (1) Empowerment; (2)
Language and Tradition; (3) Communicative Competence; (4)
Corporate Culture, Community, and Organizational Improvement and
(5) Motivation of Managers. Emerging themes, interpretations, and
recommendations are presented for consideration and continuing
discussion.
Conclusions. A new search for meaning in the information age is
underway in multinational organizations. Communicative
organizations foster a sense of community and exhibit success in
the international context. Practical education emphasizing self-
understanding and communication may be essential to intelligent
multinational leadership. Seasoned expatriate managers may
provide valuable leadership resources for organization renewal
and development. Repatriation is a critical time when
understanding and communication may be essential to maintenance
and motivation of expatriate managers in organizations. Education
oriented toward communication and understanding may be necessary
for U.S. expatriate managers and foreign national employees of
multinational organizations. Meaningful cooperation between
educational leaders and multinational business leaders in support
of intracultural and intercultural curricula requires the
establishment of communicative competence to achieve
communicative action.
Language
ENGLISH (EN).
Descriptors
EDUCATION, BILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL (0282)
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT (0454)
EDUCATION, HIGHER (0745)
Advisor
CHAIRPERSON: HERDA ELLEN A.
2 DISS
Accession number & update
THIS ITEM IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM UNIVERSITY MICROFILMS
INTERNATIONAL AAKC150653 921022.
Title
STUDIES OF CHEMICALLY-INDUCED TUMOUR PROMOTION USING THE ALTERED
HEPATIC FOCI BIOASSAY.
Author(s)
FLODSTROM-STEN.
Institution
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET (SWEDEN) (0658)
1990, 140 PAGES.
Source
DAI V51(04), SECC, PP582.
Year degree granted
1990.
Abstract
The objectives of the present study were to investigate tumour
promotion-related effects induced by some organohalogen compounds
using in vitro and in vivo approaches. A number of pesticides
were used as model substances in studies on promoter-induced
inhibition of intercellular communication (IC) in vitro and
enhancement of altered hepatic foci (AHF) development in
carcinogen-initiated rats in vivo. Furthermore, modulation of
TCDD- and phenobarbital-induced promotion of AHF-development by
vitamin A supplementation and the type of diet (purified, casein-
based diet vs conventional, cereal-based diet) was investigated.
A reasonable correlation was found between the results of the
assays of chemically-induced inhibition of IC in vitro and
enhancement of AHF-development in rat liver among some
structurally/functionally related DDT-analogs and pyrethroids.
The ostensible relationship between liver tumour promoting
activity and induction of liver growth/enzyme activities was
examined in an initiation/promotion-experiment. Among DDT and
four DDT-analogs all but one (fenarimol) acted as tumour
promoters and enhanced the development of GGT-positive AHF in
nitrosamine-initiated male rats. However, all of the DDT analogs
studied, including fenarimol, were found to be potent inducers of
liver growth and of cytochrome P450b-related isoenzyme
activities. Thus, the present results do not support the
suggestion of a strict correlation between liver growth/PB-type
enzyme induction and liver tumour promoting activity.
In the study of modification of TCDD- and phenobarbital (PB)
induced enhancement of nitrosamine-initiated AHF-development by
dietary vitamin A supplementation and the type of diet, vitamin A
deficiency was shown to potentiate the effect of TCDD. The effect
of PB was more or less unaffected by varying vitamin A
supplementation. Furthermore, severe vitamin A deficiency alone
enhanced the development of AHF. Thus, the present results
further emphasize the importance of adequate levels of this
vitamin in the diet. Under conditions of vitamin A deficiency,
TCDD was shown to induce oval cell hyperplasia. A differential
effect on AHF-development by the two types of diet was apparent.
From this study it was concluded that TCDD-induced depletion of
hepatic stores of vitamin A is not a primary mechanism in liver
tumour promotion induced by this compound. (Abstract shortened by
UMI.)
Language
ENGLISH (EN).
ISBN
ISBN: 91-7900-903-4.
Descriptors
HEALTH SCIENCES, PHARMACOLOGY (0419)
Reference copy location
INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE, KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET, BOX
60208, S-104 01 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN.
Label/Description Example
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5_: ZACHLOD WITH EDWARD.AU.
IN Institution 6_: SAN ADJ FRANCISCO.IN.
7_: ED-D
SO Source 8_: DAI ADJ V51.SO.
YR Year degree granted 9_: YEAR=1998
AB Abstract 10_: COMMUNICATION WITH
MULTINATIONAL
LG Language 11_: ENGLISH.LG.
IS ISBN 12_: 91-7900-903-4
PU Publisher 13_: STOCKHOLM WITH
ECONOMICS.PU.
DE Descriptors 14_: BUSINESS ADJ
ADMINISTRATION.DE.
15_: 0454
RC Reference copy location 16_: KAROLINSKA.RC.
AR Advisor 17_: HERDA.AR.
LG Language 1_: LG=FR
1_: SAN ADJ FRANCISCO.IN.
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UDATE Update date YYYYMMDD 3_: ..L 1 UDATE GT 19990622
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