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Factors for the success or failure of international teams: The special case of international research projects
Michael SegallaThere appears to be a growing interest in developing large‐scale international research projects on managerial subjects. Because of the relative novelty of these projects some…
Research and publishing issues in large scale cross‐national studies
John Milliman, Mary Ann Von GlinowRecently there has been a significant increase in the number of academic international research teams (AIRTs) which are conducting large scale cross‐national research studies…
Promising themes, designs and critical success factors for international research in HRM
Jacob HoogendoornThis paper discusses the critical factors for the success of an international research project, some personal experiences of the author with his participation in two international…
The academic international research team: Small world after all
John Milliman, Mary Ann Von GlinowThe number of academic international research teams (AIRTs) is rapidly increasing. While AIRTs are essential to addressing complex international research issues they can also…
Towards a model of international research teams
Stephen W. Nason, Madan M. PillutlaMany, if not most, academic researchers interested in international business have worked on teams made up of individuals from many different countries. Ironically, there has been…
Can we learn from Herodotus?
Alfonso Sauquet, Gabriele JacobsAssembling a group of researchers having different theoretical backgrounds, academic fields and cultural origins or nationalities is a complex matrix. This paper discusses the…
Unbundling the intellectual joint venture process: The case of multinational, multifunctional interdisciplinary research consortia
Mary B. TeagardenIntellectual joint ventures can be very useful vehicles for conducting cross‐cultural, international human resource management research as witnessed by the proliferation of these…
Antecedents of co‐ordination in academic international project research
Carlo Turati, Alessandro Usai, Roberto RavagnaniSuggests that the intellectual distance among scholars is a cause of difficult co‐ordination during the project. The intellectual distance among scholars is the distance among…
An integrating perspective on interdisciplinary, cross‐cultural research
Mark C. ButlerInterest in methods, processes and problems associated with conducting interdisciplinary, cross‐cultural research in team‐based settings has increased dramatically in recent…
Doing research with foreign colleagues: a project‐life cycle approach
Frank Bournois, Françoise ChevalierManaging international research projects in the academic field is far from being easy. Apart from the problems of language and semantics, it requires awareness not only of…
Contrasting styles in international management research
Peter CollettThis paper is concerned with methodology in cross‐cultural studies of management. It raises issues about sampling, and then moves on to deal with two problems that threaten to…
International team effectiveness
Marja FloryReports on the author’s experiences as facilitator of an international, academic research team which consisted of members with different cultural backgrounds. Reviews the…
A brief history of GLOBE
Robert J. HouseThis paper discusses the issues relating to the origin, development, and management of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness research program (GLOBE…
Between market, bureaucracy and clan: Coordination and control mechanisms in the Cranfield Network on European Human Resource Management (Cranet‐E)
Wolfgang MayrhoferThe co‐ordination and control of international research networks require the use of various mechanisms in order to preserve the viability and research output of the networks. Like…
About differences and blind spots: A systemic view on an international, interdisciplinary research team
Christiane Veronika MüllerThe paper reflects the team process of an international interdisciplinary research team from the perspective of recent developments in systemic approaches in the German speaking…
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