MULTICULTURAL TEAMWORK AS A SOURCE of EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING and INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

This paper delves into multicultural teamwork as a source of experiential learning. It starts with a theoretical consideration of work in global teams, with a particular stress on the possibilities they offer for experiential learning on a cooperative and collaborative basis. From a practical sphere, the paper presents part of the results yielded by a study on multicultural teamwork dynamics in which the opportunities these types of groups provide for learning on the spot are explored in the light of the team members' development of key components of intercultural competence. The paper concludes with a reflection on the relevance of experiential learning for multicultural team workers' life-long learning.