Markus Vodosek
ABSTRACT
In this paper, I propose that mental models of social inter-action affect the internal processes and outcomes of cross-cultural collaborations. Drawing on Fiske's relational models theory, I suggest that the use of dissimilar relational models can be detrimental to collaborators when they use dissimilar models within a given situation. However, relational models dissimilarity can be desirable when collaborators use different models across different situations as long as collaborators use the same relational model within each given situation.
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- Relational models in cross-cultural collaboration
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