Product Description

Leadership, Culture and Organizations reports the results of a ten-year research program, the Global Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness research program (GLOBE). GLOBE is a long-term program designed to conceptualize, operationalize, test and validate a cross-level integrated theory of the relationship between culture and societal, organizational, and leadership effectiveness. A team of 160 scholars worked together since 1994 to study societal culture, organizational culture, and attributes of effective leadership in 62 cultures. Leadership, Culture, and Organizations reports the findings of the first two phases of GLOBE. The book is primarily based on the results of the survey of over 17,000 middle managers in three industries: banking, food processing, and telecommunications, as well as archival measures of country economic prosperity and the physical and psychological well-being of the cultures studied.

GLOBE has several distinguishing features. First, it is truly a cross-cultural research program. The constructs were defined, conceptualized, and operationalized by the multicultural team of researchers. Second, the industries were selected through a polling of the country investigators, and the instruments were designed with the full participation of the researchers representing the different cultures. Finally, the data in each country were collected by investigators who were either natives of the cultures studied or had extensive knowledge and experience in that culture.

A unique feature of this book is that while it is an edited book and many experts have written the different chapters, unlike other edited books, it is a fully integrated, seamless, and cohesive book covering the many aspects of the theory underpinning the GLOBE. (20050301)

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #335960 in Books
• Published on: 2004-07-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 848 pages

Review
"In his introduction, editor House succinctly points out that 'as economic borders come down, cultural barriers will most likely go up and present new challenges and opportunities in business.' The GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness) research project scientists set out to better understand how culture influences leadership and organizational behavior by studying 62 societies over a ten-year period. These sutdies will expand readers' understanding of varying values and practices across cultures and help prepare them for functioning in a world where global collaborations have become essential to business survival. This book is itself a product of cross-cultrual collaborative efforts. The 170 social scientists and management scholars from across the world met the challenges of meshing their cultural values and practices in producing this fluid and coherent series of studies, which fit together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. This volume will be of value to those intrested in cross-cultural studies, particularly as an extension of work by Geert Hofstede (e.g., Culture's Consequences, 2nd ed., 2001) and others...Highly recommended." (A. Hirsa CHOICE 20060609)

"These studies will expand readers' understanding of varying values and practices acoss cultures and help prepare them for functioning in a world where global collaborations have become essential to business survival. This book is itself a product of cross-cultural collaborative efforts. The 170 social scientists and management scholars from across the world met the challenges of meshing their cultural values and practices in producing this fluid and coherent series of studies, which fir together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Summing up: Highly recommended." (A. Hirsa CHOICE )

About the Author

 

 

Mansour Javidan

Degree: PhD in strategic management, Carlson School, University of Minnesota.

Current Affiliation: Faculty of Management, university of Calgary, Canada

Research Interests: Teaching, research, and consulting interests are in the areas of strategic management, top management performance, cross-cultural leadership, and

cross-border mergers. Mansour is the Country Close Up editor of the

Academy of Management Executive. Mansour has designed and taught a variety

of executive development courses, offered and facilitated workshops,

conducted consulting projects, and made presentations in 17 countries.

 

 

Peter Dorfman

Degree, including type and when and where it was received:

Ph.D.: University of Maryland, 1970-72

Major: Engineering Psychology

Minor & Interest Areas: Statistics -- Quantitative Analysis; Industrial &

Organizational Psychology

Current Affiliation: Management Department, College of Business Administration

& Economics, New Mexico State University

Research Interests: Peter W. Dorfman is a full Professor and the Department Head of the Department of Management, NMSU. Dr. Dorfman's research interests span both the human resources management and organizational behavior fields. His articles on

leadership, cross-cultural management, and employee discrimination have appeared

in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, Academy

of Management Review, Journal of Management, and Advances in International

Comparative Management, among others. He is currently investigating the impact

of cultural influences on managerial behavior and leadership styles. In addition, he is an expert witness and consultant in employee discrimination and sexual harassment cases

Paul J. Hanges

Degree: Ph.D. Industrial/Organizational Psychology, 1986, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

Current Affiliation: University of Maryland

Research Interests: Paul's research interests center around topics in social cognition, cross-cultural leadership, research methodology, and personnel selection. The majority of his work has focused on understanding factors affecting social perceptions (e.g., leadership) and the factors (e.g., societal culture, gender stereotypes, personality) that cause these perceptions to stabilize or change over time. Paul has developed a dynamic measure of perception and explored the utility of various mathematical models (e.g., catastrophe analysis, neural network analysis) to model changes in leadership ratings over time. His methodology work has dealt with such topics as multilevel statistical modeling, range restriction, and test banding methodology. His work has appeared in such journal as Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Applied Psychology, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Applied Psychological Measurement, Educational and Psychological Measurement, and Leadership Quarterly. He is currently an associate editor of Leadership Quarterly.