Effective multicultural teams : theory and practice

Effective multicultural teams : theory and practice

Description

Multicultural and multinational teams have become an important strategic and structural element of organizational work in our globalized world today. These teams are demonstrating their importance from the factory floors to the boardrooms of contemporary organizations. The emergence of multicultural teams is evident across a variety of organizations in the private, public, and civil society sectors. These developments have led to an increasing interest in the theory and practice of multicultural teams. Management educational and training programs are giving increasing attention to these developments. At the same time, there is emerging interest in research about and study of multicultural teams. This book emerged from our teaching, research, and consulting with multicultural and diverse teams in multiple sectors over the last several years. In particular, we have developed and refined our ideas about the concepts in this book from teaching an advanced course called Effective Multicultural Teams in the Graduate Program at the School for International Training (SIT) in Vermont. We have learned from the rich background of students who are from, and have worked in, six continents, and who are, or plan to be, working in the public, educational, not-for-profit, and for-profit sectors. Additionally, we have engaged with a variety of teams through our consulting and training, providing consultation to teams in a variety of sectors and continents as they struggled to become more effective.

Department

Leadership, Management & Business

ISBN

978-1402069567

Publication Date

2008

Publisher

Springer

Keywords

Teams, Workplace, Diversity, Multicultural

Disciplines

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Leadership Studies | Organizational Behavior and Theory | Race and Ethnicity | Sociology of Culture

Effective multicultural teams : theory and practice

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