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The role of international teams in the workplace continues to increase as they assume a more central and standard role in developing, producing, and distributing products and services of all kinds. International cooperation necessitates intercultural cooperation. We highlight this first by describing a case study that exhibits typical challenges and processes in intercultural cooperation. The chapter then turns to investigate how culturally-determined problems that arise from the case can be interpreted from a psychological point of view. Finally, we offer ways of optimizing intercultural cooperation in international teams.
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Hoessler, U., Sponfeldner, W., Morse, D.L. (2015). Project Management in International Teams. In: Wastian, M., von Rosenstiel, L., West, M., Braumandl, I. (eds) Applied Psychology for Project Managers. Management for Professionals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44214-2_17
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