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作者：Brouthers, KD
作者单位：University of East London
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作者：Miner, AS; Bassoff, P; Moorman, C
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; Duke University
摘要：An inductive study of improvisation in new product development activities in two firms uncovered a variety of improvisational forms and the factors that shaped them. Embedded in the observations were two important linkages between organizational improvisation and learning. First, site observations led us to refine prior definitions of improvisation and view it as a distinct type of real-time, short-term learning. Second, observation reveal,ed links between improvisation and long-term organizat...
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作者：Gibson, CB; Zellmer-Bruhn, ME
作者单位：University of Southern California; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：This paper develops a conceptual framework to explain different understandings the concept of teamwork across national and organizational cultures. Five different metaphors for teamwork (military, sports, community, family, and associates) were derived from the language team members used during interviews in four different geographic locations of six multinational corporations. Results indicated that use of the teamwork metaphors varies across countries and organizations, after controlling for...
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作者：Ely, RJ; Thomas, DA
作者单位：Harvard University; Harvard University
摘要：This paper develops theory about the conditions under which cultural diversity enhances or detracts from work group functioning. From qualitative research in three culturally diverse organizations, we identified three different perspectives on workforce diversity: the integration-and learning perspective, the access-and-legitimacy perspective, and the discrimination-and-fairness perspective. The perspective on diversity a work group held influenced how people expressed and managed tensions rel...
