Doing Research With Foreign Colleagues: A Project-Life Cycle Approach

Françoise Chevalier (1) , Frank Bournois

1 GREGH - Groupement de Recherche et d'Etudes en Gestion à HEC

Managing international research projects in the academic field is far from being easy. Apart from the problems of language and semantics, it requires awareness not only of cultural differences but also of the different phases of such projects. The authors analyse and elaborate on each of these phases. According to their own experiences, they conclude that what is difficult in such projects is not so much to monitor the cultural variables as to manage peers who usually behave independently in their academic circles.

Mots clés: Academic staff; National cultures; Project management; Projects; Research

Domaines: Management des ressources humaines

Françoise Chevalier, Frank Bournois. Doing Research With Foreign Colleagues: A Project-Life Cycle Approach. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 1998, vol. 123, n° 3/4, pp. 206-213. ⟨10.1108/02683949810215011⟩. ⟨hal-00675326⟩