Managing Technology-Intensive Project Teams in the Global Enterprise

The challenges of managing culturally diverse and globally dispersed project teams are examined in a field study of technology-intensive product developments. The findings provide insight into the business processes, organizational conditions and managerial leadership style most conducive to high project performance in these culturally diverse team environments requiring the integration of many disciplines. The paper suggests a framework for assessing leadership effectiveness and makes recommendations for building high-performance multinational project teams critically important for today's globally operating enterprises.