Effective Multicultural Teams: Theory and Practice

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Halverson, Claire B. (Editor), Tirmizi, S. Aqeel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Advances in Group Decision and Negotiation, 3
• Subjects: Business.; Organization.; Planning.; Personnel management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Industrial psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Business and Management.; Human Resource Management.; Industrial, Organisational and Economic Psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

This book offers something that few other textbooks do: an accessible and understandable approach to discern the implications of complicated research. It will be a useful resource in courses on team building, multicultural and international issues at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. I was...

Table of Contents:

• Towards Understanding Multicultural Teams
• The Impact of Culture in Multicultural Teams
• Social Identity Group and Individual Behavior
• Team Development
• Group Process and Meetings
• Effective Leadership for Multicultural Teams
• Effective Intercultural Communication
• Conflict
• Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Multicultural Teams—Some Considerations for Present and Future.