...Nicole A. Gillespie; Leon Mann Interpersonal trust is central to sustaining team effectiveness. Whilst leaders play the primary role in establishing and developing trust, little research has examined the specific leadership practices which engender trust toward team leaders. This study investigated...

...Andreas Hoecht It is widely accepted that companies operating in research‐intensive industries need to pursue an “outward‐looking”, collaborative research and technology development strategy. Research collaboration, however, always carries risks, in particular, the risk of sensitive information...

...Len Tischler; Jerry Biberman; Robert McKeage Despite a reluctance on the part of organizational researchers to deal with the subjects of emotions or spirituality, recent researchers have begun to argue for the importance of exploring their relationship to workplace performance. Recent research...

... of methodological individualism. The inadequacy of existing literature and research directions is reviewed first. In conclusion, it is suggested that the traditional research paradigm, which relies on the methodological individualism, employed in decades of management and psychological research should be balanced...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Psychology Research Internet Addicts This is a dynamic list of sites by academics and librarians at Murdoch University. The dynamic nature of the site is restricted to the fact that it is constantly changing its content as it does relate back...

...Marja Flory Reports on the author’s experiences as facilitator of an international, academic research team which consisted of members with different cultural backgrounds. Reviews the communication processes and group‐dynamics that occurred within this team, in particular those which seemed...

...Alfonso Sauquet; Gabriele Jacobs Assembling a group of researchers having different theoretical backgrounds, academic fields and cultural origins or nationalities is a complex matrix. This paper discusses the conditions and strategies that can make complex research groups work together...

...Jacob Hoogendoorn This 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 projects, and some potential human resources management research themes which could be carried out...

...Frank Bournois; Françoise Chevalier Managing 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 cultural differences but also of the different phases of such projects. The authors analyse...

...Mary B. Teagarden Intellectual joint ventures can be very useful vehicles for conducting cross‐cultural, international human resource management research as witnessed by the proliferation of these alliances. Challenges to the successful development, operation and goal attainment of intellectual...

...Stephen W. Nason; Madan M. Pillutla Many, 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 little research attempting to explain the unique dynamic of such teams...

...Michael Segalla There 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 practical advice may be useful for those who would like to create or participate in an international...

...Mark C. Butler Interest in methods, processes and problems associated with conducting interdisciplinary, cross‐cultural research in team‐based settings has increased dramatically in recent years. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of six different viewpoints regarding identifying...

...Wolfgang Mayrhofer The 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 private and public organisations, research networks can utilize three basic modes, often termed...

...John Milliman; Mary Ann Von Glinow The number of academic international research teams (AIRTs) is rapidly increasing. While AIRTs are essential to addressing complex international research issues they can also often involve a large number of challenging issues. Like corporate international teams...

... belonging: institutional, disciplinary, paradigmatic, and cultural belonging, as well as social networking, etc. The higher the cumulative intellectual distance within the academic international research projects (AIRP), the higher the co‐ordination needs during the process. Nevertheless, this paper...

...John Milliman; Mary Ann Von Glinow Recently there has been a significant increase in the number of academic international research teams (AIRTs) which are conducting large scale cross‐national research studies. These efforts hold much potential to advance international comparative research. However...

...Robert J. House This paper discusses the issues relating to the origin, development, and management of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness research program (GLOBE) project. GLOBE is a cross‐cultural research program involving 160 scholars in research teams in 60 nations...

...Christiane Veronika Müller The paper reflects the team process of an international interdisciplinary research team from the perspective of recent developments in systemic approaches in the German speaking world. From this basis the reflection focuses on the differences that influenced the team...

... that the 12 process measures are significantly related to performance, and so have some validity. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Directors Effectiveness Research Teams There is an increasing interest, from both a research and practitioner perspective, in the functioning of top teams and boards...