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Designing and supporting transnational teams: The human resource agenda

✍ Scribed by Scott A. Snell; Charles C. Snow; Sue Canney Davison; Donald C. Hambrick

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 149 KB
Volume: 37
Category: Article
ISSN: 0090-4848
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-050x(199822)37:2<147::aid-hrm5>3.0.co;2-w

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✦ Synopsis

As the challenges of managing across borders become increasingly complex, companies are exploring innovative ways to organize and manage people. Many are turning to the use of transnational teams composed of individuals from multiple nationalities working on tasks that span multiple countries. This article reports the findings from a study of human resource practices used in 34 transnational teams from 23 multinational firms. The article provides specific examples of how staffing, training, and rewards systems are adapted to support the strategic orientations of these teams. 1

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