Cross-cultural team effectiveness for MBA students studying in an immersion program Ogden-Barnes, Stephen and Menzies, Jane L. 2016, Cross-cultural team effectiveness for MBA students studying in an immersion program, Higher education review, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 23-50. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Cross-cultural team effectiveness for MBA students studying in an immersion program Author(s) Ogden-Barnes, Stephen orcid.org/0000-0002-9035-0586 Menzies, Jane L. orcid.org/0000-0002-7685-8586 Journal name Higher education review Volume number 48 Issue number 3 Start page 23 End page 50 Total pages 28 Publisher Tyrell Burgess Associates Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2016-08-22 ISSN 0018-1609 Keyword(s) cultural immersion cross-cultural competency globalisation MBA students Summary We focus on cross-cultural team effectiveness for MBA students involvedin an immersion program, examining the development of knowledgeabout cultural traits, the challenges associated with teamwork, andfactors that promote or hinder team performance, based on qualitativeresults of a survey of 20 students who participated in the program. Keyobserved traits included; Indonesians were perceived to becollectivist/relationship, Australians were laid back, informal but taskfocused, and Americans were hard working and outspoken. Keychallenges faced by students included managing cultural differences,culturally embedded decision-making styles and communication/language hurdles. Team performance was facilitated by acknowledgingand addressing cultural issues from the start, not being ethnocentric,valuing team diversity, and focusing on task completion. Language eng Field of Research 150308 International Business 1301 Education Systems Socio Economic Objective 910402 Management HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2016, Tyler Burgess Associates Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30085674 Document type: Journal Article Collection: Department of Management Related Links Link Description   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 25 Aug 2016, 15:32:09 EST Fri, 26 Aug 2016, 05:00:38 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 06:08:51 EST Tue, 04 Oct 2016, 08:28:27 EST Tue, 04 Oct 2016, 08:37:11 EST Tue, 04 Oct 2016, 08:38:18 EST Thu, 27 Apr 2017, 08:51:14 EST Tue, 23 Jan 2018, 15:01:01 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 128 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 25 Aug 2016, 15:32:09 EST

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