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Cross-cultural team working within Cochrane

This resource reviews some of the key issues relating to international team working within Cochrane, and provides a helpful insight into the challenges and benefits of this aspect of the organization.  It will be useful to anyone who works with individuals from different cultural backgrounds, either in a face-to-face context or through remote team working. 

After using this resource, you should be able to...
  • Understand the factors that influence successful cross-cultural communication and international team working
  • Maximise your effectiveness when working in an international team
Downloadable file: 
PDF icon Cross-cultural team working within Cochrane
Author information: 
Deeks, Michele
Acknowledgements: 

Thanks are due to many people for assistance in the preparation of this document, particularly Mike Clarke, Sally Green, Jini Hetherington, Jordi Pardo, Silvana Simi and Janet Wale.