The effect of the leader's multicultural experience and cultural intelligence on team effectiveness

  • Joana da Conceição Moreira Lamarão (Student)

Student thesis: Master's Thesis

Abstract

The purpose of this dissertation is the study of the effect of multicultural experience and cultural intelligence on team effectiveness through leadership functions. Data was collected from 51 teams from real world companies and from a laboratory study. Results show that the leader’s cultural intelligence has a statistically significant effect on his leadership functions. Additionally, results indicate that different leadership functions mediate the effect of cultural intelligence on team effectiveness. Multicultural experience, on the other hand, does not show a statistically significant relationship with leadership functions, nor with the effectiveness of the team.
Date of Award27 Oct 2016
Original languageEnglish
Awarding Institution
  • Universidade Católica Portuguesa
SupervisorPatrícia Lopes Costa (Supervisor)

Keywords

  • Cultural intelligence
  • Leadership functions
  • Multicultural experience
  • Teamwork

Designation

  • Mestrado em Gestão: Programa Internacional

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