Our research team collaborates between universities in Finland, Norway, and Germany and we keep missing deadlines not because we're behind but because everyone has different cultural assumptions about what 'deadline' means - some treat it as absolute, others as aspirational.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group is learning that even shared professional goals require negotiating different relationships to time and commitment.
“Where Are You with Northern European clock culture?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.