Cultural Diversity and Differences in Cross-cultural Project Teams

Abstract

Abstract Based on some relevant references, this article presents some important tools to evaluate the managing diversity in cross-cultural project teams. The approach used is based on a market survey results. For data collections were used four questionnaires. The four questionnaires are used in order to characterize: intercultural competence, communication style, the emotional intelligence level and the potential role that a person could play when he/she is part of a team. In the research were used five variables: age, nationality, residence (urban/rural), high school graduate and profile. The context of the research was defined by a collaborative and cross-cultural project team that took place in the University of Limoges (France) in 2013. All the questionnaires were applied on a sample of 125 subjects. All subjects worked in collaborative activities or cross-cultural projects. From the beginning, all the subjects were informed about the research context and the data confidentiality. Statistical processing will be performed with the specific version of Microsoft Office Excel 2003 and Sphinx Plus 2 - Lexica Edition - V5.