Value of Cultural Diversity in Team Performance: Literature Review and Methodology

Business area : human resources Title: value of cultural diversity in team performance
Assignment 2

Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Project Objectives............................................................................................................................2
Project Scope...................................................................................................................................2
Literature Review............................................................................................................................2
Justifications....................................................................................................................................3
Research Questions..........................................................................................................................3
Design & Methodology...................................................................................................................4
Qualitative....................................................................................................................................4
Quantitative..................................................................................................................................4
Sample Size.....................................................................................................................................4
Sampling..........................................................................................................................................5
Variables..........................................................................................................................................5
Data Collection................................................................................................................................5
Data Analysis...................................................................................................................................6
Reliability & Validity......................................................................................................................6
Research Limitations.......................................................................................................................6
Time Plan.........................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................7
Appendix..........................................................................................................................................9

Introduction
Cultural diversity is the existence of different cultural or ethnic groups within a given group of
people or population. It represents a heterogeneous cultural environment, where the cultural
differences are respected by the members of the population or group. The report is about the key
journal articles which are important to properly focus on the relevant patterns that help in
determining the performance of the team.
Project Objectives
The objectives of the project are to highlight the different factors which directly influence the
performance of the team and then how the cultural diversity has a major influence on certain
factors. The specific research questions are important to be identified through the views which
are set about the cultural diversity and better performance of teams. The research methodology
helps in identifying the common themes which can easily be incorporated with practicing and
developing strategies for improving the team performance.
Project Scope
The project scope is based on reviewing the different factors which directly lead to influencing
the performance of the team along with the cultural diversity that affects the performance of a
team. The study highlights about the limitations on the different factors which can affect the
teams and would not directly lead to the individual factors that contribute to the skills and
competencies. The focus is on the limitations of the personal attributes which might be directly
affected by the cultural diversity.
Literature Review
The cultural diversity in teams can have both positive and negative influences on the
performance of the team. The study is about the cultural diversity and how the teams can work
on improving the creativity and communication, satisfaction and a proper support which is
among the social integration. The deep level diversity and cross-national factors involves the
members from the different nationalities that involve the diversified members across nations
(Nederveen et al., 2013). The teams need to focus on the knowledge with the different cultural
background and how the different points could be viewed which can incorporate the
development of knowledge as well. The members have a potential for providing the unique