Effective management approaches in international organization: influential factors of Thai employees's expectation towards practical management instructions of American and Italian managers in Thailand.

Abstract

The aim of this research is to find out the most effective ways for foreign managers to win local employees trust. The research will be mainly about feelings and attitude of Thai employees towards their foreign managers. The information and finding of this research from American and Italian managers would demonstrate effective ways to win local employees trust in the workplace. For data gathering process, they are conducted with qualitative approach by focusing on an in-depth interview from individual respondents. The sample groups are from eight respondents of a successful company and eight respondents from a company with failure in management strategies. This study indicated that ‘Tangible incentive’ is the most applicable management approaches for Thai employees. Building relationships results as the second best tactic to efficiently manage Thai workforces and keep them under control.