Chapter 14 Cross-cultural Leadership and Diversity

Learning Objectives

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

  • Understand why cross-cultural research on leadership is important.

  • Understand the difficulties of studying cross-cultural leadership.

  • Understand how cultural values are related to leader behavior.

  • Understand how gender issues have been studied and the limitations of this research.

  • Understand the findings in research on gender differences in leadership.

  • Understand how to manage diversity and provide equal opportunities.

Most of the research on leadership during the past half century was conducted in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe. However, during the past decade interest in studying leadership ...

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