Author ORCID Identifier

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3009-985X

Document Type

Other

Disciplines

Cultural and economic geography, Other social sciences

Publication Details

Searing, M., Portillo-Dominguez, A.O. (2024). A Systematic Literature Review Exploring how the Diversity of National Cultures Impact the Transformation Success in Organisations.

doi:10.21427/ppye-q955

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate current academic thinking regarding how cultural differences impact transformation success. It analyses cultural dimensions and other factors and how they correlate to project management. Using SCOPUS as a search engine, peer-reviewed academic papers from the period 2019-2023 were analysed as part of a systematic literature review. Results were gathered and grouped into themes as well as cultural dimensions for in-deep analysis and discussion. The results of this study found consensus on the negative impact of cultural diversity on project outcomes, but a significantly lower level of agreement with respect to the specifics of the impacts. Hofstede’s dimensions of culture remain the most cited, but lack relatability. On the contrary, our results show that there is much more clarity regarding the type of actions recommended in order to mitigate the cultural issues raised. Furthermore, the identified findings related to recommended actions used to overcome the cultural-diversity-related issues have also shown that such actions can be successfully applied and assessed, with a relatively high level of confidence, regardless of the specific industry and/or organisational structure.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21427/ppye-q955

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Not Applicable (no funder exists)

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

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