Metaphors and meaning: an intercultural analysis of the concept of teamwork.
This paper develops a conceptual framework to explain different understandings of the concept of teamwork across national and organizational cultures. Five different metaphors for teamwork (military, sports, community, family, and associates) were derived from the language team members used during i...
| Publicado en: | Administrative Science Quarterly Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 274 - 304 |
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Administrative Science Quarterly
June 2001
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