Team-based global organizations: the future of global organizing

Lena Zander, Christina Butler, Audra Mockaitis, Kendall Herbert, Jakob Lauring, Kristiina Mäkelä, Minna Paunova, Timurs Umans, Peter Zettinig

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    Sammanfattning

    Purpose

    We propose team-based organizing as an alternative to more traditional forms of hierarchy-based organizing in global firms.

    Methodology/approach

    Advancements in the study of global teams, leadership, process, and outcomes were organized into four themes: (1) openness toward linguistic and value diversity as enhancing team creativity and performance, (2) knowledge sharing in team-based organizations, (3) the significance of social capital for global team leader role success, and (4) shared leadership, satisfaction, and performance links in global virtual teams.

    Findings

    We identify questions at three levels for bringing research on team-based organizing in global organizations forward. At the within-team individual level, we discuss the criticality of process and leadership in teams. At the between-teams group level, we draw attention to that global teams also need to focus on relationships and interactions with other teams within the same global firm, for example, when sharing knowledge. With respect to the across-teams organizational level, we highlight how bringing people together in global teams from different organizational units and cultures creates the potential for experiential individual and team-based learning, while making the firm more flexible and adaptable.

    Theoretical implications

    The potential of the relatively underexplored idea of global team-based firms as an alternative to hierarchy open up questions for empirical research, and further theorizing about the global firm.

    Practical implications

    Practitioners can learn about organizational, team, and individual challenges and benefits of global team-based organizing.

    Originality/value

    A century-old dominant organizational form is challenged when moving away from hierarchy- and hybrid-based forms of organizing toward team-based global organizing of work.

    OriginalspråkEngelska
    Titel på värdpublikationThe future of global organizing
    Undertitel på värdpublikationprogress in international business research
    RedaktörerVerbeke , Alain , van Tulder, Rob , Drogendijk , Rian
    UtgivningsortBingley
    FörlagEmerald Group Publishing Limited
    Sidor227-243
    Antal sidor16
    Utgåva10
    ISBN (tryckt)9781785604232, 9781785604225
    DOI
    StatusPublicerad - 2015

    Publikationsserier

    NamnProgress in international business research
    Nummer10
    ISSN (tryckt)1745-8862

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