Leading global teams translating multidisciplinary science to practice / Jessica L. Wildman, Richard L. Griffith, editors.
| Other author | Wildman, Jessica L. |
| Other author | Griffith, Richard L. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Springer, [2015] |
| Description | xxii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Leading Global Teams Means Dealing with Different -- Part I: Foundations of Global Teams -- Culture, Communication, and Conflict: A Review of the Global Virtual Team Literature -- Project GLOBE for Scientists and Practitioners: Drawing Clarity from Controversy -- Structuring Successful Global Virtual Teams -- Part II: Adapting Global Teams -- Team Training for Global Virtual Teams: Strategies for Success -- Developing Cross-Cultural Competencies through Global Teams -- Coaching Global Teams and Global Team Leaders -- Navigating Multicultural Teams: A Road Map to Feedback across Cultures -- Part III: Leading Global Teams -- Alternate Views of Global Leadership: Applying Global Leadership Perspectives to Leading Global Teams -- Leadership for Global Virtual Teams: Facilitating Teamwork Processes -- Can We Count on You at a Distance? The Impact of Culture on Formation of Swift Trust within Global Virtual Teams -- Faultline Deactivation: Dealing with Activated Faultlines and Conflicts in Global Teams -- Global Teams in the Military -- Looking Forward: Meeting the Global Need for Leaders through Guided Mindfulness. |
| Abstract | This breakthrough volume details the psychological and interpersonal skills needed to meet the practical challenges of building, developing, adapting, training, and managing multicultural global teams. Its self-regulation approach offers cognitive keys to understanding and embracing difference and its associated complexities for successful global collaborations and lasting results. From this foundation, the book moves on to the various roles of leadership in facilitating team process, from establishing trust to defusing conflicts, reducing biases, and using feedback effectively. This synthesis of research and practice effectively blends real-world experience and the science of global team leadership to address the complex issues facing modern organizations. Core skills covered by the book: Structuring successful global virtual teams. Developing cross-cultural competencies through global teams. Managing active faultlines and conflicts in global teams. Coaching global teams and global team leaders. Utilizing feedback effectively across cultures. Meeting the global need for leaders through Guided Mindfulness. Leading Global Teams is mind-opening reading for students, scholars, and practitioners in industrial and organizational psychology, organizational behavior, work psychology, and applied psychology programs looking for the most current research and best practices regarding its timely subject.-- Source other than Library of Congress |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014953602 |
| ISBN | 9781493920495 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 1493920499 (cloth) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |