 Conflict-resolving behaviour of project managers in international projects: A culture-based comparative studyNannan Wang, Dongdong Jiang and Leon Pretorius Technology in Society, 2016, vol. 47, issue C, 140-147 Abstract: The cultural issue is obtaining more and more consideration in international project management and the risky nature of international projects reinforces this consideration. Conflict-resolving behaviour is one of the cultural behaviours that can affect project success. This paper addresses comparative research between Chinese and South African project managers in their conflict-resolving behaviour, as regards certain project activities relating to international projects. The results show that the differences between the conflict-resolving behaviours of the two groups are significant, in terms of project communication, negotiation and conflict-resolution activities. This research will fill a gap in the cross-cultural conflict resolving behaviour comparison study of the international project management arena. The results and suggestions should assist practitioners and researchers involved in international R&D and technologic project management to improve their skills in communication, collaboration and staff training. Keywords: Cultural behaviour; Conflict-resolving; Project activity; Project management (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:teinso:v:47:y:2016:i:c:p:140-147 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2016.07.004 Access Statistics for this article Technology in Society is currently edited by Charla Griffy-Brown More articles in Technology in Society from Elsevier |
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