Challenges in Managing Multicultural Teams

A conceptual meta-framework for managing multicultural global virtual teams

Although GVTs can bring about many benefits for organisations, the potential advantages of using GVTs largely depend upon fulfilling the requirements prescribed by the critical success factors (CSFs) of implementing GVTs such as resolving the multiculturalism issues. Likewise, it is acknowledged that management aspects of implementing GVTs present one of the most complicated tasks in deploying ...

Managing cross-cultural communication in multicultural construction project teams: The case of Kenya and UK

The increasing global nature of construction projects has highlighted the importance of multiculturalism and the new challenges it brings to project execution. However, there has, as yet, been no empirical work that quantifies explicitly the extent to which communication determines the success of multicultural projects. This paper explores the ability of project managers in Kenya and the UK in ...

Self-directed Work Teams Challenges for Leading, Managing, and Performing in Self-directed Work Teams

An Emotion Process Model for Multicultural Teams

The impact of emotion in organizations has been an increasingly popular – and increasingly popularized – topic in recent decades. In light of the oftensweeping claims that have been made in the name of ‘‘emotional intelligence’’ (e.g., Goleman, 1995), excitement among practitioners, academics, and the public alike has brought greater attention to the affective element of workplace life. Emotion...

Managing Geographically Distributed Teams

This paper summarizes recent literature on virtual organizations, as well as Tec-Ed’s practical experience in managing project teams whose members are in different geographic locations, have different skills and responsibilities, and seldom meet face to face. It reviews how we share corporate culture, gain insight into clients, build trust, and develop the professional synergy that enables effi...