Caption: An extension to the Virtual Design Team (VDT) computational simulation model of project organizations completed in 2005 allows for the simulation of mixed-cultural teams, under project contexts of varying levels of complexity and with varying levels of team experience. The model has been used to test the performance of Japanese-American mixed-cultural teams, with early results indicating that: (1) American organization style reduces the negative impacts of mixed-cultural teams compared to the Japanese organization style, while the Japanese organization style shows better performance in project quality risks; (2) Mixed-cultural teams can be less efficient (i.e., 70% worse) or slightly more efficient (i.e., 30% improved) than single-cultural teams.

Reference: Horii, T., Jin, Y., Levitt, R. (2005) Modeling and Analyzing Cultural Influences on Project Team Performance, Comp. & Math. Org. Theory, 10(4).