Abstract
Cross-cultural management research has developed under the influence of distinct paradigms and foci and can be organized in diverse streams with their own assumptions, definitions and sometimes methodologies. We use the term cross-cultural management for the compilation of research and practice of cross-national comparisons, intercultural interaction and multiple culture studies, including research that focuses on culture at the national, organisational, and sub-organisational levels. Hence, we pursue two goals with this special issue on 'Contributions from various paradigms'. First, with our editorial introduction, we want to highlight the paradigmatic state of cross-cultural management and stress its imbalance among paradigms as well as its inherent multi-paradigmatic nature, which has not received much attention up to now. More specifically, the included studies are grounded in four different paradigms and provide illustration of less travelled research paths. We hope to further encourage different voices to speak up, and engage in joint discussions and constructive dialogue. We strongly believe that this will further enrich cross-cultural management research and contribute to an improved understanding of important issues. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)