Promoting global virtual teams across the globe: Cross-cultural challenges and synergies

• Main Authors: Zakaria, Norhayati, Al Safi, Ghadeer, Williams, Nigel
• Other Authors: Christiansen, Bryan
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: IGI Global 2013
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/15751/1/pro.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/15751/; http://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3966-9.ch010

This chapter presents a preliminary understanding of cross-cultural challenges and synergistic experiences of multicultural students engaged in Global Virtual Teams (GVTs).In this case study, we introduce the GVT structure as a novel learning platform which utilizes Computer Mediated Communication (...