Action intent: Getting closer to leadership behavior in 22 countries
| Autor: | Linda Viswat, Barbara Myloni, Audra I. Mockaitis, Ayse Saka-Helmhout, Paulo Prochno, Cordula Barzantny, Srabani Roy Choudhury, Michael J. Morley, Lena Zander, Yung-Kuei Liang, Sharon L. O’Sullivan, Rita Ferreira, Axèle Giroud, Sununta Siengthai, Willhelm Barner-Rasmussen, Anabella Davila, Ayda Uzunçarşılı Soydaş, Kathrin Köster, Joyce De Leon, Anne-Wil Harzing, Ananda Kumar Palaniappan, Alvaro Espejo, Joseph O. T. Odusanya |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Public Governance, Tilburg Institute of Governance |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Research Handbook of Global Leadership, 54-75 STARTPAGE=54;ENDPAGE=75;TITLE=Research Handbook of Global Leadership Research Handbook of Global Leadership ISBN: 9781782545354 |
| Popis: | The field of cross-cultural leadership has seen a boom in empirical research over the last few decades, yet there are still few large-scale studies that seek explanations for leadership behavior. Earlier research has provided knowledge and awareness about differences and similarities in leadership attitudes, ideals, perceptions and preferences across countries and cultures, but to predict leadership behavior remains difficult. In this chapter, leader’s ‘action intent’ is proposed as a ‘close-to-action’ concept in contrast to the more ‘far-from-action’ concepts used in earlier leadership research. Importantly, for ‘close-to-action’ concepts to be able to provide better predictions these need to provide contextual and situational cues. In our study, carried out in 22 countries, respondents have ranked their preferred action alternative for six specific leadership scenarios. We find inter-country and intra-country variation in action intent for each scenario and meaningful correlations with culturally endorsed leadership ideals. Drawing on our empirical illustration we provide implications from our findings for global leadership. And although there are no simple answers as to how to predict leadership behavior, we posit that using ‘action intent’ as a leadership measure will generate a better understanding and provide stronger predictions of leader behavior globally. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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