All posts by Vas Taras
Member Satisfaction in Virtual Teams
Project lead: Marjaana Gunkel We know from HR literature that satisfaction often has a positive influence on performance or effectiveness. This is, however, rarely examined in a virtual context. A possible research question could be what are the antecedents of member satisfaction and does member satisfaction mediate the relation between the antecedents and team…
The Qualitative Research Stream
A Much Richer Picture of the GVT Dynamics: A Qualitative Multi-Study Research Stream The Problem The field of management research is dominated by quantitative research. However, editorials and special issue invitations calling for more qualitative research have been frequent in in the recent years, including the field’s top journals such as the Academy of…
X-Culture Data for Dissertation Research
A video summary of a Master’s thesis that used X-Culture data. I am very happy that X-Culture data have now been used in half a dozen doctoral dissertation and master’s thesis research projects (6 successful defenses so far). Two students at the Southern Denmark University, Valeriia Gorina and Sophie Bastholt explored “The Impact of Cultural…
EXCITING, DIFFICULT (and a little scary) TIMES AT X-CULTURE KIDS
After 15 months of testing and trying, it seems like X-Culture Kids is gaining momentum. We tested the program with a few dozen kids in 2018-1 and 2018-2, determined that it works, the kids are learning A LOT about other cultures, business, and even simple things like how to properly write an email or schedule…
Maria Liami
My name is Maria Liami and I am a Master student in the program of International Business and Management in the University of Groningen, in the Netherlands. Now that the X-Culture project is over, I would like to thank you and express to you my deep and honest appreciation for the consolidated feedback, the X-Culture…
X-Culture Academy Participation Fees
X-Culture is not a for-profit business or a company in a traditional sense. X-Culture is a community of hundreds of professors around the world who work together to provide their students with an opportunity to learn international business through experience. Every professor who joins the X-Culture community helps us run the project. Some professors help…
InnoVits Business Accelerator
ANY STARTUP FOUNDERS/MANAGERS HERE? One of X-Culture’s partners, an Italian business accelerator/incubator Innovits runs an annual idea competition with the purpose of selecting and nurturing the highest potential projects. They have two programs: Gymnasium Academy The acceleration program is called Gymnasium lasts about 5 months. Meetings are scheduled every 2 weeks with…
Research Xackathon, Greensboro, NC
Research network workshop on “The concept of cultural archetypes – A way of measuring culture and improving our understanding of cultural differences?” University of North Carolina, USA, August 15 – 17, 2018 Mid of August 2018 the members of the research network met with various researcher from Australia and the U.S. for a workshop on…
X-Culture Kids Presentations
PREPARE TO BE AMAZED. X-CULTURE KIDS PRESENTATIONS. As you may know, this semester we tested if kids ages 9-14 can participate in X-Culture, if they are capable of and would benefit from completing a business consulting projects in global virtual teams. 99 kids completed the project. They worked in teams of about 5, each person from…
CAN KIDS DO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS?
X-Culture Kids: Reflections after the Global Symposium in Italy Here is what we know after testing X-Culture Kids for 9 months. [gm album=46] So, after years of parents asking to enroll their kids in X-Culture, I gave in and allowed 100 kids take part in the project alongside the university students last spring. It went…