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What did you say? A cross-cultural analysis of the distributive communicative behaviors of global virtual teams

In this empirical study, the general research question is “How do cultural values impact the global virtual teams (GVTs) practices when they communicate and collaborate using computer mediated communication (CMC)?” In particular, we explore the phenomenon of Malaysian GVTs working with culturally di...

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Main Authors: Zakaria, Norhayati, Abdul Talib, Asmat Nizam
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2011
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QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/15752/1/06085910.pdf
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spelling my.uum.repo.157522015-10-18T04:41:11Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/15752/ What did you say? A cross-cultural analysis of the distributive communicative behaviors of global virtual teams Zakaria, Norhayati Abdul Talib, Asmat Nizam QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science In this empirical study, the general research question is “How do cultural values impact the global virtual teams (GVTs) practices when they communicate and collaborate using computer mediated communication (CMC)?” In particular, we explore the phenomenon of Malaysian GVTs working with culturally diverse members at a distance.In order to obtain in-depth understanding of such phenomenon, we employed a qualitative research methodology.We conducted semi-structured interviews with twenty-two (22) managers (from middle to high level) working in government link corporations (GLCs) and multinational corporations (MNCs).We found that there were distinctive intercultural communicative behaviors, all rooted in their diverse cultural values, beliefs, and attitudes.We establish interesting insights and understanding of computer mediated communication behaviors pertaining to patterns of usage and decision making processes. 2011-10-19 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/15752/1/06085910.pdf Zakaria, Norhayati and Abdul Talib, Asmat Nizam (2011) What did you say? A cross-cultural analysis of the distributive communicative behaviors of global virtual teams. In: International Conference on Computational Aspects of Social Networks (CASoN), 2011, Salamanca, 19-21 Oct. 2011. http://doi.org/10.1109/CASON.2011.6085910 doi:10.1109/CASON.2011.6085910
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Zakaria, Norhayati
Abdul Talib, Asmat Nizam
What did you say? A cross-cultural analysis of the distributive communicative behaviors of global virtual teams
description In this empirical study, the general research question is “How do cultural values impact the global virtual teams (GVTs) practices when they communicate and collaborate using computer mediated communication (CMC)?” In particular, we explore the phenomenon of Malaysian GVTs working with culturally diverse members at a distance.In order to obtain in-depth understanding of such phenomenon, we employed a qualitative research methodology.We conducted semi-structured interviews with twenty-two (22) managers (from middle to high level) working in government link corporations (GLCs) and multinational corporations (MNCs).We found that there were distinctive intercultural communicative behaviors, all rooted in their diverse cultural values, beliefs, and attitudes.We establish interesting insights and understanding of computer mediated communication behaviors pertaining to patterns of usage and decision making processes.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Zakaria, Norhayati
Abdul Talib, Asmat Nizam
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Abdul Talib, Asmat Nizam
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title What did you say? A cross-cultural analysis of the distributive communicative behaviors of global virtual teams
title_short What did you say? A cross-cultural analysis of the distributive communicative behaviors of global virtual teams
title_full What did you say? A cross-cultural analysis of the distributive communicative behaviors of global virtual teams
title_fullStr What did you say? A cross-cultural analysis of the distributive communicative behaviors of global virtual teams
title_full_unstemmed What did you say? A cross-cultural analysis of the distributive communicative behaviors of global virtual teams
title_sort what did you say? a cross-cultural analysis of the distributive communicative behaviors of global virtual teams
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