Multicultural competence in business is emphasized by researchers, politicians and business representatives, but how does a multicultural management team actually work? If they work at all, what determines whether a multicultural management team has a positive or negative impact on companies? Management teams in Europe are becoming increasingly multicultural. However, compared to the rest of Europe, multicultural management teams in Sweden are a relatively new phenomenon. Research exists on management teams from a general diversity perspective, but relatively little on cultural diversity. This project aims to generate new relevant knowledge about this phenomenon. Previous research shows ambiguous results and the research area is theoretically fragmented, indicating unexplored factors that affect the consequences of a multicultural management team. The project intends to explore such factors via case studies and statistical analysis with a specific focus on management team processes. The contribution will be theory development and new empirical knowledge about the relationships between the functioning of multicultural management teams in Sweden and their effects on companies. We also aim to generate practical knowledge about how companies can manage multicultural management teams and create opportunities for the companies. The research group has a large network of contacts in Swedish management teams, has good experience of both qualitative and quantitative analysis, and is well established in the international research community.