Why Collaborative Work Looks Different Depending on a Variety of Factors

As Renee Cullinan, chief executive officer and co-founder of Stop Meeting Like This, says in the Harvard Business Review: "In any organization, people apply unspoken rules and understood norms to get collective work done — in other words, they collaborate."

The value people place on relationships is a strong influencing factor on whether and how they collaborate. Relationship-heavy cultures are marked by inclusion, personal connection, and relationship-based decision making. They tend to be friendly, warm places to work. 

Read more how in collaborative work cultures, women carry more of the weight.