Cross-Cultural Management Practice: The Impact on Nigerian Organization

Abstract

The need for Nigerian organizations to pay attention to cross-cultural management practices have become necessary following the challenges posed by cultural diversity in workplace. Hence, management needs to pay strict attention to the diverse workforce. The main objective of the study is to investigate impact of Cross cultural Management practices in Nigerian organizations. It specifically examined the effect of managerial behavior on cross cultural management and impact of culture on organizational performance. It purely employed primary sources of data collection. The finding revealed that managerial behaviors have effect on cross-cultural management in Nigerian organizations and also culture has impact on organizational performance. It was recommended that management of various organizations in Nigeria should establish structures in their organization that will encourage good ethical behavior of all levels of managers and even employees as this has significant impact on the organizational performance.

Keywords: Culture, Behaviour, Organization Globalization, Cognition, attitudes, Values and diversity.