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This chapter extends the topic of intercultural competence in organizations to the context of multicultural professional work teams. Leadership of modern organizations places high value on self-managed work teams and collaboration between employees and organizations. This chapter highlights the importance of intercultural competence for multicultural teams, some challenges and advantages of multicultural teams, and explains how intercultural competence can help to develop coherent and effective culturally diverse teams.
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Black, J. S., & Gregersen, H. B. (2000). The right way to manage expats. In J. E. Garten (Ed.), World view: Global strategies for the new economy (pp. 187–200). Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
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Lechler, T. G., & Fallah, M. H. (2008). Global innovation performance: Strategic challenges for multinational corporations. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 25, 58–74.
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Marquardt, M. J., & Horvath, L. (2001). Global teams: How top multinationals span boundaries and cultures with high-speed teamwork. Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black Publishing.
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Matveev, A. V., & Nelson, P. E. (2004). Cross-cultural communication competence and multicultural team performance: Perceptions of American and Russian managers. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 4(2), 253–270.
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Mendenhall, M. E. (2001). New perspectives on expatriate adjustment and its relationship to global leadership development. In M. W. Mendenhall, M. K. Torsten, & K. S. Günter (Eds.), Developing global business leaders: Policies, processes, and innovations (pp. 1–18). Westport, CT: Quorum Books.
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Moosmüller, A., Spiess, E., & Podsiadlowski, A. (2001). International team building: Issues in developing multinational work groups. In M. W. Mendenhall, M. K. Torsten, & K. S. Günter (Eds.), Developing global business leaders: Policies, processes, and innovations (pp. 1–18). Westport, CT: Quorum Books.
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Shokley-Zalaback, P. (2002). Protean places: Teams across time and space. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 30(3), 231–250.
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Wheelan, S. A. (2004). Workplace teams. In J. L. DeLucia-Waack, D. A. Gerrity, C. R. Kalodner, & M. T. Riva (Eds.), Handbook of group work (pp. 401–413). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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Matveev, A. (2017). Intercultural Competence in Multicultural Teams. In: Intercultural Competence in Organizations. Management for Professionals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45701-7_4
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