Inter-group boundaries reinforced in the workplace

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Crossing the Divide
Todd L. Pittinsky
(http://www.harvardbusiness.org/)

Collaborative work environment

One of the examples in Crossing the Divide is that of Yamada, a Japanese project manager whose work requires him to work for short stints in countries throughout the Asia-Pacific. His role as a boundary spanner demands that he quickly build productive and task-oriented cross-national teams to launch new IT (information technology) initiatives, describe Chris Ernst and Jeffrey Yip, the essay's authors.

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