Cultural Diversity and Knowledge Sharing in Multicultural Virtual Teams

Abstract

This Qualitative Research was conducted to answer the Research question of ‘How do members of multicultural virtual teams perceive cultural diversity and its relation to knowledge sharing?’ 14 Interviews were performed in total and the perceptions of the participants were interpreted in the findings. Examining the emerging topic of cultural diversity and its relationship with knowledge sharing in more detail, this master’s thesis explores the four factors that influence this relationship, as outlined by Adi & Musbah (2017), ‘Team Trust,’ ‘Team Innovation,’ ‘Team Learning,’ and ‘Team Language.’ The outcome of this thesis showed that researchers should consider differentiating between cultural differences on the surface-level and deep-level as the participants expressed that the major issue that they were facing in their respected teams in relations to cultural diversity was language.