Abstracts
Résumé
Cette étude qualitative cherche à comprendre, à l’aide du concept de négociation culturelle, comment des expatriés socialisés à leur profession au sein de pays différents, négocient leurs différences de pratiques professionnelles lorsqu’ils travaillent ensemble au sein des global professional service firms (GPSFs). Nos résultats montrent que les expatriés identifient plus ou moins les mêmes différences de pratiques mais se différencient dans la manière dont ils les perçoivent et les négocient. Ce travail contribue ainsi à la littérature relative aux tensions global/local existant au sein des GPSFs. Les résultats révèlent l’existence d’approches différentes du travail, ainsi que des rapports de pouvoir entre GPSFs de différentes nationalités, remettant en cause l’hypothèse d’homogénéité des pratiques de travail dans ces organisations à l’échelle globale.
Mots-clés :
- entreprises de services professionnels,
- expatriation,
- audit,
- culture négociée
Abstract
Drawing upon the concept of cultural negotiation, this qualitative study offers to explain how expatriates, who have been socialised to their profession in different countries, negotiate their differences in professional practices when working together in global professional service firms (GPSFs). Our findings show that expatriates identify more or less the same differences in practices but differ in the way they perceive and negotiate them. This work contributes to the literature on global/local tensions within GPSFs. The findings emphasise power relationships and different approaches to work between GPSFs from different countries, calling into question the assumption that working practices in these firms are homogeneous at global level.
Keywords:
- professional service firms,
- expatriation,
- auditing,
- negotiated culture
Resumen
Utilizando el concepto de negociación cultural, este estudio de caso cualitativo busca comprender cómo los expatriados socializados a su profesión en distintos países negocian sus diferencias en las prácticas profesionales cuando trabajan juntos dentro de las global professional service firms (GPSFs). Nuestros resultados muestran que los expatriados identifican más o menos las mismas diferencias en las prácticas, pero difieren en la forma de percibirlas y negociarlas. Este trabajo contribuye así a la literatura sobre las tensiones globales/locales dentro de las GPSFs. Los resultados revelan enfoques diferentes hacia el trabajo y relaciones de poder entre GPSFs de distintas nacionalidades, lo que cuestiona la suposición de homogeneidad en las prácticas laborales dentro de estas organizaciones a escala mundial.
Palabras clave:
- empresas de servicios profesionales,
- expatriación,
- auditoría,
- cultura negociada
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