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Impact Of Cultural Factors On Transnational Teams: Diversity, Adaptation, Communication Quality, And Trust, Shu-Yir Lee Jan 2007

Impact Of Cultural Factors On Transnational Teams: Diversity, Adaptation, Communication Quality, And Trust, Shu-Yir Lee

Theses Digitization Project

The present research proposes a general model of Transnational Teams (TNTs) to investigate how value placed on cultural diversity, cultural adaptation, communication quality, and trust affect the performance of TNTs and their interaction to each other. TNTs contribute to decisions about a firm's total portfolio of transnational interests, global brands and products, organizational configuration, and global sourcing strategy. Qualitative and quantitative methods are applied in this study of thirty members of TNTs from diverse teams. Based on the qualitative and quantitative analysis, relationships between theory and practice are examined. The analysis shows that there is a strong relationship between trust …


The Application Of Marketing And Communication Theories On Community Festival Event Planning, Khara Louise Dizmon Jan 2007

The Application Of Marketing And Communication Theories On Community Festival Event Planning, Khara Louise Dizmon

Theses Digitization Project

The objective of this project is to provide public relations practioners with an understanding of marketing concepts and communication theories as they apply to the production of a local community event. This project is also intended to be a resource for other public relations practioners involved in the process of communicating with a variety of audiences and to fulfill the void of scholarly research on the subject of event planning. The end result is expected to be a resource for event planners, providing tips and insights into the development of the community festival, Orange Blossom Holiday Village.