Challenges of Managing in a Multicultural Environment: Impact on Health and Productivity

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TX 75083-3836, U.S.A., fax 01-972-952-9435. AbstractOne of the greatest challenges for global managers in the 21st century will be how to develop multinational workforces with employees from cultures with different values, business practices, negotiating styles, concepts of time and methods of communication. Good multinational workforces don't just happen, they have to be developed. When teams do not have a system for working out their cultural differences, tensions will escalate in the workplace and members can be expected to be more stressed, less productive and more vulnerable to health and family problems.