I came from there (but No one Warned Me!): Reflections on People Management Policies that target Intranational Interculturarility

Aline Craide, Virginia Drummond (), Tânia Maria Diederichs Fischer and Alexandre Cestari de Brito
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Aline Craide: UFBA - Universidade Federal da Bahia = Federal University of Bahia
Virginia Drummond: EM Strasbourg - École de Management de Strasbourg = EM Strasbourg Business School, FDC - Fundação Dom Cabral [Brasil] = Dom Cabral Foundation [Brazil]
Tânia Maria Diederichs Fischer: UFBA - Universidade Federal da Bahia = Federal University of Bahia

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Abstract: The purpose of this article is to analyze how professionals who decided to risk intramobility in their careers and who were hired by organizations from the industrial complex of Camaçari (Bahia) perceive the development of people management strategies that target intranational interculturality within these organizations. To achieve this, besides a review and theoretical analysis of the concepts of mobility, intercultural management and people management in organizations, 13 professionals were interviewed who had moved from different Brazilian states to work in companies in this particular complex. The results indicate that generally organizations ignore intercultural aspects, which is reflected in a gap in people management strategies. One indication of this refers to the lack of initial support, which generates problems for the individuals who arrive with great expectations in their new workplace. Furthermore, there is evidence that the financial help provided is insufficient and it becomes necessary to pay attention also to subjective aspects that involve relocation and the consequent international interculturality. Finally, it is believed that expansion of the focus of studies on intercultural management, with a look at intranational aspects, makes it possible to learn theoretical and practical lessons because of the experiences of the players who underwent the process, since intercultural management and people management can generate comparative advantages for organizations.

Keywords: interculturalidade; gestão de pessoas; mobilidade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-11-01
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Published in RAUSP, Revista de Administração da USP, 2011, 46 (4), 358-372 p. ⟨10.5700/rausp1017⟩

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DOI: 10.5700/rausp1017

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