A Study of a Federally Funded Project between Higher-Ed Institutions in the U.S. and Pakistan: An Intercultural Academic Project Management

The study explores the technical and intercultural challenges involved in a Department of State (DoS)-funded collaborative research project between a Mid-Sized Regional Public University in the U.S. and an International Research Institution in Pakistan. The collaborative research project on which th...

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Published in:International journal of sociotechnology and knowledge development Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 27 - 44
Main Authors: Ray, Anirban, Reilly, Colleen A, Tirrell, Jeremy W
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Hershey IGI Global 01.04.2015
Subjects:
Case studies
Cultural factors
Education grants
Organizations
Pakistan
Project management
Regional
Research projects
Separation
Teams
Universities
United Kingdom
Pakistan
ISSN:1941-6253, 1941-6261
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Summary:The study explores the technical and intercultural challenges involved in a Department of State (DoS)-funded collaborative research project between a Mid-Sized Regional Public University in the U.S. and an International Research Institution in Pakistan. The collaborative research project on which the study is based is particularly significant as the groups from each institution face the central communication challenges that are the hallmark of distributed teams, namely physical separation, multiple organizations, and different time zones. This manuscript highlights the importance of intercultural factors in shaping the institutional relationships and examines expectations for collective responsibility in the given context.
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ISSN:1941-6253
1941-6261
DOI:10.4018/IJSKD.2015040103