Managing multinational teams global perspectives /

• Other Authors: Shapiro, Debra L., Von Glinow, Mary Ann Young, 1949-, Cheng, Joseph L. C. (Joseph Lap-Chiu), 1952-
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; San Diego, Calif. : Elsevier, c2005.
• Series: Advances in international management ; v. 18.
• Subjects: Teams in the workplace.; International business enterprises > Management.; Diversity in the workplace.; Leadership.; Management & management techniques.; Multinationals.; Business & Economics > International > General.

Two recent developments from globalization have fundamentally altered the nature of work organizations: the workforce has become increasingly diverse in national and cultural origins, and work assignments are increasingly performed by teams consisting of members located in different countries. Toget...

Table of Contents:

• Preface / Debra L. Shapiro, Mary Ann Von Glinow, Joseph L.C. Cheng
• Internal dynamics and cultural intelligence in multinational teams / P. Christopher Earley, Heidi K. Gardner
• The impact of cultural value diversity on multicultural team performance / Bradley L. Kirkman, Debra L. Shapiro
• Turning the tide in multinational teams / Cristina B. Gibson, Anitza Ross Grubb
• Communication and the learning effectiveness of multinational teams / Gerardine DeSanctis, Lu Jiang
• Intense collaboration in globally distributed work teams: evolving patterns of dependencies and coordination / Kuldeep Kumar, Paul C. van Fenema, Mary Ann Von Glinow
• Knowledge resource sharing in dispersed multinational teams: three theoretical lenses / Janet Fulk, Peter Monge, Andrea B. Hollingshead
• Social performance learning in multinational corporations: multicultural teams, their social capital and use of cross-sector alliances / Jane E. Salk, Bindu Arya
• Macro influences on multicultural teams: a multi-level view / Mariann Jelinek, Jeanne Wilson
• A strategic embeddedness analysis of global business teams: directions for future research / Anil K. Gupta, Qing Cao
• Top management teams in an international context: an assessment and review / Claudia Bird Schoonhoven, Jennifer L. Woolley
• Do "global" teams need "global" leaders? identifying leadership competencies in multinational teams / Aparna Joshi, Mila Lazarova
• The life cycle of academic international research teams: just when you thought "virtual" teams were all the rage... here come the AIRTS! / Mary B. Teagarden, Ellen A. Drost, Mary Ann Von Glinow
• Managing a multinational team: lessons from Project Globe / Paul J. Hanges, Julie S. Lyon, Peter W. Dorfman.