Global workers and managerial ethnocentrism – A discussion on their origins and effects

Based on some convergences identified on previous studies, the authors aim to discuss the correlations between two phenomena: the advent of the so-called “global workers” and the persistence of the “ethnocentrism” on the organizational vision. As long as the cultural values of an organization are mainly shaped by the cultural values of the involved social groups, the organization background stands for a historical record of its cultural construction. For the period of an internationalization process some specific groups of workers join the cultural melting: the entitled “global workers”, which are specific groups of workers as for instance migrants, expatriates, “brains-abroad”, remote service providers, and remote manufacture producers. On the other hand, one of the most relevant dimensions involved in the construction of a global company is the “type of organizational vision”, which is dependent on the cultural model. But, regardless of the fact that many reasons explain why the global organization needs to develop a so-called “geocentric vision”, evidence shows that the parochialism (lack of sensibility to understand other cultural models) endures. Discussing the convergences and contrasts of these two contemporary questions, the study identifies their origins and infers about their future impacts on our societies.