?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Culture+in+global+business+transformation+projects+%3A+the+discovery+of+a+grounded+theory&rft.creator=Reiter%2C+Sebastian&rft.subject=culture%2C+cultural+differences%2C+cultural+diversity%2C+global+business+transformation+projects%2C+grounded+theory%2C+interview%2C+qualitative+research&rft.description=Presently+organisations+engage+in+what+is+termed+as+Global+Business+Transformation+Projects+%5BGBTPs%5D%2C+for+consolidating%2C+innovating%2C+transforming+and+restructuring+their+processes+and+business+strategies+while+undergoing+fundamental+change.+Culture+plays+an+important+role+in+global+business+transformation+projects+as+these+involve+people+of+different+cultural+backgrounds+and+span+across+countries%2C+industries+and+disciplinary+boundaries.+Nevertheless%2C+there+is+scant+empirical+research+on+how+culture+is+conceptualised+beyond+national+and+organisational+cultures+but+also+on+how+culture+is+to+be+taken+into+account+and+dealt+with+within+global+business+transformation+projects.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis+research+is+situated+in+a+business+context+and+discovers+a+theory+that+aids+in+describing+and+dealing+with+culture.+It+draws+on+the+lived+experiences+of+thirty-two+senior+management+practitioners%2C+reporting+on+more+than+sixty-one+global+business+transformation+projects+in+which+they+were+actively+involved.+The+research+method+used+is+a+qualitative+and+interpretive+one+and+applies+a+grounded+theory+approach%2C+with+rich+data+generated+through+interviews.+In+addition%2C+vignettes+were+developed+to+illustrate+the+derived+theoretical+models.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+findings+from+this+study+contribute+to+knowledge+in+multiple+ways.+First%2C+it+provides+a+holistic+account+of+global+business+transformation+projects+that+describe+the+construct+of+culture+by+the+elements+of+culture+types%2C+cultural+differences+and+cultural+diversity.+A+typology+of+culture+types+has+been+developed+which+enlarges+the+view+of+culture+beyond+national+and+organisational+culture+including+an+industry+culture%2C+professional+service+firm+culture+and+'theme'+culture.+The+amalgamation+of+the+culture+types+instantiated+in+a+global+business+transformation+project+compromises+its+project+culture.+Second%2C+the+empirically+grounded+process+for+managing+culture+in+global+business+transformation+projects+integrates+the+stages+of+recognition%2C+understanding+and+management+as+well+as+the+enablement+providing+a+roadmap+for+dealing+with+culture+in+global+business+transformation+projects.+Third%2C+this+study+identified+contextual+variables+to+global+business+transformation+projects%2C+which+provide+the+means+of+describing+the+environment+global+business+transformation+projects+are+situated%2C+influence+the+construct+of+culture+and+inform+the+process+for+managing+culture.+Fourth%2C+the+contribution+to+the+research+method+is+the+positioning+of+interview+research+as+a+strategy+for+data+generation+and+the+detailed+documentation+applying+grounded+theory+to+discover+theory.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2012&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F63316%2F1%2FSebastian_Reiter_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Reiter%2C+Sebastian+(2012)+Culture+in+global+business+transformation+projects+%3A+the+discovery+of+a+grounded+theory.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F63316%2F&rft.identifier=Science+%26+Engineering+Faculty