THE ROLE OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND HOW THEY IMPACT WORK TEAM PERFORMANCE

Cultural diversity plays a major role in the productivity of a corporation in this thriving business world. The workplace is a platform where individuals from different backgrounds come together to work and share an organization's goals and objectives. This research focuses on the impact of cultural diversity on work team performance in Abu Dhabi University and whether the multicultural environment results in a positive, negative or dual impact. Quantitative and qualitative approaches were used in order to determine the impact and the research findings showed that a dual impact of culturally diverse teams is present in Abu Dhabi University. The results that were analyzed are specific to Abu Dhabi University and will differ from business to business because of cultural diversity.