For our immediate purposes I use Schein’s (1985) definition of culture as the
assumptions, values, and artifacts that are shared by the members of a group (society).
Since the major focus of our work is to understand multicultural teams, it is
important to examine culture and how it impacts teams and individual team members.
Some of the cultural dynamics and their impact on multicultural teams have
been discussed above. Chapter 2 includes an overview of the major cultural frameworks
and their implications for team processes and dynamics.
In addition to culture, other macro-level variables such as the sector of work
(development, education), industry (high technology, manufacturing), etc., may play
some role in impacting the nature and effectiveness of teams in a certain context.