Cristina Gibson Awarded European Excellence in Research Award

Cristina Gibson, and her colleagues Aida Hjaro (Brunel University) and Markus Pudelko (University of Tubingen), were awarded the European Excellence in Research Award for their work on organizational diversity climate published in the Academy of Management Journal.

Their research includes a model illuminating team knowledge exchange processes as a key link between organizational diversity climate and effectiveness of multicultural teams. Findings revealed that teams that oscillated between assertive and cooperative knowledge exchange processes were more effective. Cristina and her colleagues have developed specific propositions about optimizing multicultural teams knowledge-exchange processes to guide future research and practice. Read more.