Hambrick, D. et al. (1998). When Groups Consist of Multiple Nationalities: Towards a New Understanding of the Implications. Organization Studies 19(2): 181-205.
The researchers examined the ways in which international companies are increasingly coming to depend on multinational groups. At times these groups can be highly effective but at other times their multicultural dynamics prove frustrating to all concerned. The authors looked both to characteristics of individuals in these groups such as gender and education and then assessed how the traits of individuals affected overall group dynamics and leadership style.
Harris, L.C. (2006). The dynamics of employee relationships in an ethnically diverse workforce. Human Relations 59: 379-407.
This article makes the important point that multiculturalism is not a concept that means the same thing to everyone. Especially important for the researcher to consider is the fact that not everyone in a multicultural group will define what are the most relevant cultural facets of their lives: People have very different ideas about what culture itself means, and leaders of multicultural groups must bear this in mind.
Maznevski, M. & Chudoba, K. (2000). Bridging Space Over Time: Global Virtual Team Dynamics and Effectiveness. Organization Science 11(5): 473 -- 492.
Leaders of virtual teams can far too easily dismiss the importance of cultural difference because individual team members may not be in the same office often or even ever. However, cultural dynamics are still at play even when the members of a team are continents away from each other.
Miller, D.M. et al. (2000). Leadership and Organizational Vision in Managing a Multiethnic and Multicultural Project Team. Journal of Management in...
) may typically be used in the conduction of the activity; and 3) Activities can be standardized and adapted with a minimum of alteration for use across groups and members so that a common framework can be replicated. (Trotzer, 2004) The main feature of activities are: 1) Technical; and 2) Mechanical and have "...parameters and directions that make them merely tools." (Trotzer, 2004) Categorization of the activities of a group are on the
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