Sammanfattning
Distinction and usage of etic/emic approaches in social sciences research has a long history of discussion, dating back to 1950s, where etic/emic are perceived mainly as a methodological approach. In business studies, scholars predominantly applied an etic approach, which has been often treated as synonymous to functionalistic perspective. Whereas the need for more emic or a combined emic/etic research has been highly emphasized by international business scholars during the last decade. Cross-cultural research is seldom found in business marketing research. However, we postulate that incorporation of emic and combined etic-emic approaches in cross-cultural business marketing studies, as a way to theorize about constructs, may be beneficial for shifting towards a more practice approach.
Our study focuses on a literature review of top international business and business marketing journals in order to understand how emic/etic approaches are applied in those studies; whether these approaches should be as diametrically different epistemologies or forming a continuum and what are the implications for further research. The results show that most of the articles discuss and use etic/emic approaches on a conceptual level and still propagate the use of emic or combined emic-etic approach, thereby further empirical research is highly required. The theoretical contribution of this review lies in advancing the discussion on emic/etic approaches and encouraging a more practice approach to cross-cultural studies in business marketing research through application of a combined etic-emic approach.
Our study focuses on a literature review of top international business and business marketing journals in order to understand how emic/etic approaches are applied in those studies; whether these approaches should be as diametrically different epistemologies or forming a continuum and what are the implications for further research. The results show that most of the articles discuss and use etic/emic approaches on a conceptual level and still propagate the use of emic or combined emic-etic approach, thereby further empirical research is highly required. The theoretical contribution of this review lies in advancing the discussion on emic/etic approaches and encouraging a more practice approach to cross-cultural studies in business marketing research through application of a combined etic-emic approach.
Originalspråk | Engelska |
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Antal sidor | 11 |
Status | Publicerad - 4 dec. 2022 |
MoE-publikationstyp | O2 Other |
Evenemang | IMP ASIA 2022 - Sheraton Sunmarina Resort, Okinawa, Onna, Japan Varaktighet: 4 dec. 2022 → 7 dec. 2022 https://www.impasia2020.com/ |
Konferens
Konferens | IMP ASIA 2022 |
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Förkortad titel | IMP Asia 2022 |
Land/Territorium | Japan |
Ort | Onna |
Period | 04/12/22 → 07/12/22 |
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