Managing Chinese-African Business Interactions: Growing Intercultural Competence in Organizations

(Palgrave Studies in African Leadership) 1st ed. 2019 edition 

by Claude-Hélène Mayer (Editor), Lynette Louw (Editor), Christian Martin Boness (Editor) 

This book provides deep insights into intercultural collaboration among business partners, employees, managers, and entrepreneurs in Chinese-African professional interactions. It presents cultural and theoretical knowledge on Chinese and African management, leadership, and philosophy. Chinese and African scholars and professionals share their insights into how to address intercultural management challenges proactively and successfully. The cases provide insights into a wide variety of industries and offer actual scenarios studied in governmental, parastatal, and private Chinese-owned organizations in twelve African countries. This book will benefit a broad readership including scholars in employment relations and business management as well as African and Chinese collaborators in academia, government, NGOs and industry.