CULTURAL INDOCTRINATION AND OPEN INNOVATION IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Year 2018, Volume: 7 Issue: 14, 102 - 116, 05.01.2019

Bryan Christiansen

Abstract

This article explores the connection between cultural indoctrination (CI) and open innovation and its
importance in an era of global hypercompetition. As organizations are confronted with the need to engage with
stakeholders from a variety of different cultural backgrounds, the need to understand the ways in which cultural
imperatives play into individual and collective performances becomes increasingly important. Based on an
integrated literature review, this article examines the following eight factors included in CI: Child
Development, Cultural Institutionalization, Cultural Intelligence, Language Structure and Acquisition, Social
Learning Theory, Religion, Social Capital, and Values Orientation Theory (VOT). It is from these factors that
a conceptual framework is developed for future application in theory and practice in open innovation in
international business.

Keywords

Cultural indoctrination, competitive advantage, socialization, open innovation, international business theory

ULUSLARARASI İŞLETMECİLİKTE KÜLTÜREL ENDOKTRİNASYON VE AÇIK YENİLİK

Abstract

Bu makale, kültürel endoktrinasyon (CI) ve açık yenilik arasındaki bağlantıyı ve küresel hiper-rekabet
çağındaki önemini araştırmaktadır. Örgütler, farklı kültürel geçmişlerden paydaşlarla etkileşimde bulunma
ihtiyacı ile karşı karşıya kaldıkça, kültürel zorunlulukların bireysel ve kollektif performanslarda nasıl
oynadıklarını anlama ihtiyacı da giderek önem kazanmaktadır. Entegre bir literatür taramasına dayanan bu
makale, CI’de yer alan şu sekiz faktörü incelemektedir: Çocuk Gelişimi, Kültürel Kurumsallaşma, Kültürel
Zeka, Dil Yapısı ve Edinimi, Sosyal Öğrenme Teorisi, Din, Sosyal Sermaye ve Değerler Yönlendirme Teorisi
(VOT). Bu faktörlerden uluslararası işlerde açık inovasyonda, teori ve pratikte, gelecekteki uygulamalar için
kavramsal bir çerçeve geliştirilmiştir.

Keywords

Kültürel Endoktrinasyon, Rekabet Avantajı, Sosyalleşme, Açık Yenilik, Uluslararası İşletme Teorisi

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