Authors
Rachida Aïssaoui, Frances Fabian
Publication date
2015/3/1
Journal
Journal of International Management
Volume
21
Issue
1
Pages
31-48
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
A debate divides the cross-cultural community between advocates of global convergence and those foreseeing continued cultural divergence. Given competing evidence, we examine anomalous cultural findings of the ‘French Paradox’ to re-evaluate existing theory on convergence dynamics. By differentiating between the levels of analysis of micro individual values and macro societal practices, we question the regular processes of a top-down-bottom-up model of convergence. In addition, our analysis uncovers power structures interdependency (PSI) between the political and economic elites of a nation as a potential mediator explaining discrepant results.
Scholar articles
R Aïssaoui, F Fabian - Journal of International Management, 2015