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1、Gibsonhttp://cbi.gsia.cmu.edu/newweb/1998WorkingPapers/gibson/Gibson.htmCBIMenuContactINTERCULTURALANALYSISOFTHEMEANINGOFTEAMWORK:InformationEVIDENCEFROMSIXMULTINATIONALCORPORATIONSResearchCristinaB.GibsonConferences5281GraingerHallSchoolofBusinessExecutiveUniversityofWiscons
2、in,MadisonEducationMadison,WI53706-1323Phone:(608)265-6188WorkingFax:(608)262-8773PapersEmail:cgibson@bus.wisc.eduGlobalViewNewsletterMaryE.Zellmer1200BGraingerHallSchoolofBusinessUniversityofWisconsin,MadisonMadison,WI53706-1323Phone:(608)265-4833Fax:(608)262-8773Email:mzell
3、mer@bus.wisc.eduPaperPresentedattheAcademyofInternationalBusinessConference,Monterrey,Mexico,1997.ThisresearchwasmadepossiblewithfundingprovidedbytheCarnegieBoschInstituteforAppliedInternationalManagementResearch,theUniversityofWisconsinInitiativeforWorldAffairsandtheGlobalEc
4、onomy,andtheNationalScienceFoundationGrant#SBR96-31748.Theresearcherswouldliketoacknowledgethetimeandeffortextendedbyalloftherespondentsinthisresearchtogetherwiththeirassociatedstaff.SpecialthankstoRauolZapatainPuertoRico,JoylieAgustinandRicardoLimattheAsianInstituteforManage
5、mentinthePhilippines,andMicSegallaattheHautesEtudesCommercialsinFrance.Wewouldalsoliketoexpressourappreciationfortheadministrativesupport,translations,transcriptionsprovidedbyPaulaBassoff,RyanBillingham,FlorenceBrunell,JoanDonovan,KerryJung,FranciscoLloveras,RachelRitterbausc
6、DavidRobinson,CarolTroyer-Shank,andRichardZapataattheUniversityofWisconsin.INTERCULTURALANALYSISOFTHEMEANINGOFTEAMWORK:EVIDENCEFROMSIXMULTINATIONALCORPORATIONSABSTRACTThemeaningascribedtotheconceptof"team"acrosscultureswasinvestigatedusinginterviewtranscriptionsbasedonstructu
7、redinterviewsconductedwithover125teammembers.Teamsrepresentedsixmulti-nationalorganizationsandfourculturalregions.Onefacilityofeachcompanywasincludedineachculturalregion.Workinginductively,weusedcomprehensivetextualanalysistoidentifycommonschemaforteamworkineachcultureandeach
8、organizationStatisticallysignificantdifferencesinfrequencyofoccurren