Manager’s Competences to Lead Cross-Cultural Teams

Proceedings of International Scientific Conference Economics and Management 2017 - Contemporary Challenges in Management and Economics: Special Section for Doctoral Students 2017
Tatjana Ņikitina, Inga Lapiņa

Due to significant technological, economical and social changes in external environment in last decades, modern managers face challenge to lead teams that are diversified in terms of locations, disciplines, and cultures. The new status quo requires managers to assess the changes and adjust their skills accordingly; hereafter the aim of the paper is to overview professional competences that are necessary to lead the cross-cultural teams, summarize the findings and define set of factors affecting the adjustment in discussed managerial capabilities.

Keywords
professional competencies, cross-cultural teams, soft-skills, management, skills, communication competence

Ņikitina, T., Lapiņa, I. Manager’s Competences to Lead Cross-Cultural Teams. In: Proceedings of International Scientific Conference Economics and Management 2017 - Contemporary Challenges in Management and Economics: Special Section for Doctoral Students, Latvia, Riga, 10-12 May, 2017. Riga: RTU IEVF, 2017, pp.47-48. ISBN 978-9934-10-937-9.

Publication language
English (en)