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  • September 10, 2014
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Getting Cross-Cultural Teamwork Right

By: Tsedal Neeley
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Abstract

People struggle with global teamwork, even though it’s essential to success in multinational firms. Despite their efforts to nimbly manage differences in time zones, cultures, and languages, cross-border collaborators often fail to reach shared understanding or common ground. They face conflicting group norms, practices, and expectations — all of which can cause severe fracturing along cultural lines.

Keywords

Groups and Teams; Globalized Firms and Management; Conflict Management

Citation

Neeley, Tsedal. "Getting Cross-Cultural Teamwork Right." Harvard Business Review (website) (September 10, 2014).
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Tsedal Neeley

Organizational Behavior
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