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The Valley of Trust

Barragán, Melissa LU ; Lopez Appelgren, Oliver LU and Martin Macarro, Rafael LU (2024) IBUH19 20241
Department of Business Administration
Abstract (Swedish)
Our thesis, The Valley Of Trust, attempts to build upon current literature on cultural diversity and its effect on trust by answering the question; How does cultural diversity affect trust within an international team? With the purpose of giving a more nuanced understanding of the role of cultural diversity and its impact on trust within international teams, we build upon the current literature and contribute to it by furthering its comprehension and focusing on the social processes behind building trust in a team. Through qualitative research, an examination of an international (non-virtual) team located in Sweden is made regarding the impact of cultural diversity on the team and its effect on trust within the team. We conclude that the... (More)
Our thesis, The Valley Of Trust, attempts to build upon current literature on cultural diversity and its effect on trust by answering the question; How does cultural diversity affect trust within an international team? With the purpose of giving a more nuanced understanding of the role of cultural diversity and its impact on trust within international teams, we build upon the current literature and contribute to it by furthering its comprehension and focusing on the social processes behind building trust in a team. Through qualitative research, an examination of an international (non-virtual) team located in Sweden is made regarding the impact of cultural diversity on the team and its effect on trust within the team. We conclude that the impact of cultural diversity is indirect on trust, in turn, cultural diversity appears to be the triggering factor that unleashes a dynamic process with other factors that intervene in trust. Said factors include social categorizations, team cohesion, information asymmetry, communication, varied perceptions of trust and leadership mediation. Lastly, we suggest a model that explains the process of trust in international groups, by linking groupings based on cultural diversity, social identities, information asymmetry, team cohesion and trust. (Less)
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author
Barragán, Melissa LU ; Lopez Appelgren, Oliver LU and Martin Macarro, Rafael LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Trust Within Intercultural Teams
course
IBUH19 20241
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Cultural diversity, trust, teams, intergroup, team-dynamics, intergroup trust, social identities
language
English
id
9169770
date added to LUP
2024-08-07 17:32:48
date last changed
2024-08-07 17:32:48
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  abstract     = {{Our thesis, The Valley Of Trust, attempts to build upon current literature on cultural diversity and its effect on trust by answering the question; How does cultural diversity affect trust within an international team? With the purpose of giving a more nuanced understanding of the role of cultural diversity and its impact on trust within international teams, we build upon the current literature and contribute to it by furthering its comprehension and focusing on the social processes behind building trust in a team. Through qualitative research, an examination of an international (non-virtual) team located in Sweden is made regarding the impact of cultural diversity on the team and its effect on trust within the team. We conclude that the impact of cultural diversity is indirect on trust, in turn, cultural diversity appears to be the triggering factor that unleashes a dynamic process with other factors that intervene in trust. Said factors include social categorizations, team cohesion, information asymmetry, communication, varied perceptions of trust and leadership mediation. Lastly, we suggest a model that explains the process of trust in international groups, by linking groupings based on cultural diversity, social identities, information asymmetry, team cohesion and trust.}},
  author       = {{Barragán, Melissa and Lopez Appelgren, Oliver and Martin Macarro, Rafael}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Valley of Trust}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}