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Running Head: COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT Comparative International Management and cultural Differences [Name of the writer] [Name of the institution] Comparative International Management and cultural Differences This study is a reflection of the relatively recent drive to acknowledge cultural diversity within psychological research and theory (e.g., Pepitone & Triandis, 2005, p85). Along with Betancourt and Lopez (2002, p11), we assert that a main restriction of popular psychological theories has been that they have ignored culture, and, consequently, have lacked universality. We argue that cultural differences may significantly affect judgments made by researchers and managers when making (a) observations for data collection, (b) performance appraisals in a diverse workplace, and (c) decisions within an international business context. A common assumption underlying the previous research is that for a given observation target, a group of observers can be selected to meet the requirements of the observational study, regardless of the context. However, when the purpose of...

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