4 (1), 2019
From Editor
We are so pleased to be with you once again with a new issue. As was the case in our previous issues, we have three papers again in this issue. The first one of these, under the authorship of Soydemir and Erçek, is an editorial article on the debates about reconciling organization theory and the field of history. In this article, Soydemir and Erçek, unfolding the ontological, epistemological, and methodological similarities between history and hermeneutical philosophy, reveal the potential contributions of the hermeneutical research method to the debate on reconciling organization theory and the field of history and make suggestions on what issues should be considered while applying the hermeneutical method in business history research. The second article of this issue is a conceptual paper written by Ali Alipour. In this article, Alipour, suggests propositions on how organizational and national cultures may influence differentiation in impression management strategies of employees. The third article, authored by Sayım and Tunçalp, is a research article on the adjustment of diplomats to their international assignments as expatriates. In this article, Sayım and Tunçalp, based on the results of their qualitative and quantitative research on the diplomats in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, suggest a theoretical model of expatriate adjustment in highly professionalized fields.
We would like to thank everyone who has made this issue of JMOS appear in front of you, most particularly to our authors, our reviewers, our associate editors, and our editorial board members. We are grateful to all of you. Hoping to see you again in future issues.
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Cemil Ozan Soydemir & Mehmet Erçek
Reconciling History and Organization Theory: Challenges and Prospects of a Hermeneutical Program of InquiryOne of the hottest debates in the past two decades in the business history domain
seems to revolve around as to whether organizational theory and history can
be reconciled in such a way that one does not prevail over the other. Although
recent suggestions display a potential to guide business history scholars, further
elaboration on the relationship between history and organization theory is
required due to the increasing expectations for theoretical contribution by toptier
journals. In this study, we try to reveal the potential contributions of the
hermeneutical research method to the above-mentioned debate by unfolding
the ontological, epistemological, and methodological similarities between
history as a distinct discipline and hermeneutical philosophy. Moreover, with the
aim of contributing to the relevant literature, our study lays out the issues that
need special consideration while applying the hermeneutical method in business
history research.
Keywords: Hermeneutics, business history, organization studies, transdisciplinary research, historical methods
DOI : 10.15659/yoad.4.1.001 [PDF]
The Interactive Impact of Organizational and National Cultures on the Impression Management Strategies of EmployeesThis theoretical article aims to contribute to the literature on the cultural
antecedents of employees’ impression management (IM) strategies in the
workplace. Studies investigating the impact of cultural values on the IM strategies
of employees have mainly examined the role of the institutional environment,
namely national culture dimensions. However, studies focusing on how the
immediate cultural environment of organizations may influence the IM strategies
are scarce. Using the person-situation theory and descriptive and injunctive norm
approach to the study of culture, this article provides several propositions on how
the organizational cultural values in conjunction and interaction with broader
national cultural values may cause variance in the IM strategies of employees.
I specifically propose that job-focused and supervisor-focused IM strategies
should vary by the degree of performance orientation in organizations, and
this causal impact should vary across cultures based on their varying degrees of
collectivism and power distance.
Keywords: Impression management, national culture, organizational culture, performance orientation, collectivism, power distance
DOI : 10.15659/yoad.4.1.002 [PDF]
Diplomats’ Immunity to Foreignness: Socialization, Preparation and Work Environment in Expatriate AdjustmentThis paper studies expatriate adjustment of diplomats as a polar case, addressing
non-MNE expatriates from Turkey with a three-stage, multi-method research design.
We focus on how professional socialization, work environment, and pre-departure
preparation influence expatriate adjustment in diplomats. Our study also
has developed a series of theoretical models on pre-departure training, international
experience, and perceptions of diplomats, and the dimensions of diplomats’
professional socialization based on our multi-stage and multi-method empirical
study. In conclusion, we discuss our models’ applicability to similar professional
and organizational settings with strong professional norms and high job standardization
levels. We also suggest further issues for researchers willing to study
different professions and expatriate adjustment.
Keywords: Expatriates, adjustment, socialization, diplomats, Turkey
DOI : 10.15659/yoad.4.1.003 [PDF]
