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Multicultural Workgroups and Project Teams

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Interkulturelles Management

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Organizations cannot function without communication. A wide range of studies in Europe and the USA demonstrate that managers spend 50-90% of their worktime communicating verbally. In addition, the amount of time increases relative to the size of the company and to the manager’s position in the hierarchy: executives spend more time than middle or lower level managers (Wahren, 1987, p. 50; Mintzberg, 1989, p. 12).

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    Niels Bergemann

  2. Institut für Psychologie, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Hochschulstraße 1, D-6100, Darmstadt, Deutschland

    Andreas L. J. Sourisseaux

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Kopper, E. (1992). Multicultural Workgroups and Project Teams. In: Bergemann, N., Sourisseaux, A.L.J. (eds) Interkulturelles Management. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-41541-2_10

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