Preferences Towards Working in Culturally Diverse Teams at Different Stages of the Entrepreneurial Process

• Authors: Katarzyna Stankiewicz , Paweł Ziemiański

Title variants

PL

Preferencje do pracy w zespołach zróżnicowanych kulturowo na różnych etapach procesu przedsiębiorczego

Abstracts

PL

Zespoły przedsiębiorcze stają się coraz bardziej powszechne, ważne jest zatem zbadanie czynników powiązanych z ich tworzeniem oraz decydujących o ich skuteczności. Celem przedstawionych w artykule badań było przeanalizowanie preferencji wobec pracy w wielokulturowym vs jednokulturowym zespole, na różnych etapach procesu przedsiębiorczego. W badaniu wzięli udział studenci wywodzący się z różnych kultur, mający wcześniejsze doświadczenia w zespołach jednokulturowych i wielokulturowych. Stwierdzono istnienie silniejszej preferencji do pracy w zespole wielokulturowym na wstępnych etapach procesu przedsiębiorczego. Na etapie realizacji i oceny projektu zanotowano z kolei silniejszą preferencję do pracy w zespole osób wywodzących się z jednej kultury. Zbadano również związek między tymi preferencjami a deklarowanym poziomem wcześniejszych doświadczeń uzyskanych w zespołach jednoi wielokulturowych. Na podstawie uzyskanych wyników wskazano możliwe kierunki przyszłych badań.

EN

As entrepreneurial teams become prevalent, it is important to study factors related to their creation and effectiveness. The goal of the current research was to analyze preferences towards working in a multicultural team (MCT) versus a single culture team (SCT) at different stages of the entrepreneurial process. The study involved students originating from various cultures with previous experience in both SCTs and MCTs as participants. The preference towards working in a multicultural team was found to be stronger during preliminary stages of an entrepreneurial process. On the other hand, realization and assessment was in turn more strongly related with the preference towards working in a single culture team. The relationship between these preferences and the declared level of previous experience obtained in an MSC, and an SCT was also investigated. Obtained results are used to indicate possible directions for future research.

Keywords

EN

Entrepreneurial Team; Team Diversity; Multicultural Teams; Entrepreneurial process.

PL

zespół przedsiębiorczy; różnorodność zespołowa; zespoły wielokulturowe; proces przedsiębiorczy

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania
• Journal: Problemy Zarządzania
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 1/2018 (73), t.2
• Pages: 216-228

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Stankiewicz

• Katedra Przedsiębiorczości i Prawa Gospodarczego, Wydział Zarządzania i Ekonomii, Politechnika Gdańska

author

Paweł Ziemiański

• Katedra Przedsiębiorczości i Prawa Gospodarczego, Wydział Zarządzania i Ekonomii, Politechnika Gdańska

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1644-9584.73.13

Biblioteka Nauki

525970