Abstract

In the study at hand, country- and organization-related cultural influence factors for the collaboration between colleagues of an internationally acting enterprise are empirically investigated. Problem-focused interviews with 26 probands have been conducted to validate the relevance of the researched influencing factors. The hypotheses have been tested with the help of a quantitative measuring instrument (standardized online survey). Findings indicate, that cultural differences on the country-related and organizational level between German and Singaporean colleagues are indeed greater than between German and American employees. These do not lead to a worse intercultural collaboration. Positive effects for the intercultural collaboration could be proven for the scales of collectivism, outcome- and career-orientation, employee-orientation and work climate. Furthermore, higher shaped collectivism, as well as a higher success- and career-orientation could be proven as indicators for the greater success of the German-Singaporean collaboration.

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