Synopses & Reviews
The widening gap between the requirements of multinational organizations and the strategic and managerial abilities of their leaders, many of whose core experiences predated the globalization of business, has created the need for this book. Editors Mark E. Mendenhall, Torsten M. Kühlmann, and Günter K. Stahl have organized the results of their research—and that of their colleagues in the fields of leadership development, international management, and organizational psychology—for the benefit of scholars and practitioners alike. After surveying current practices to bring the reader up to speed on global leadership development as pursued by the United States, Germany, Japan, and with regard to women in leadership positions, the book's focus shifts to a discussion of effective organizational processes. In the third and final section, contributors analyze the research that has been done on extending human resource management functional practices—such as selection instrumentation, the use of assessment centers, multinational work groups, cross-cultural training programs, and repatriation policies—to global leadership development.
The editors define and analyze global leadership and, in their review of the research, clarify exactly what we know and don't know about developing global leadership skills and what it might be profitable to learn. Practitioners will benefit from the contributors well-grounded insights into such issues as the key distinctions between global and domestic corporations, which dimensions of competency transcend internal corporate leadership dimensions, and how global leadership competencies should be developed.
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This book is required reading for academics and business executives alike. Developing true global leaders for the New Economy is a necessity for survival as well as a recipe for success. Go get it today or suffer the consequences of global ignorance!Professor Jan Selmer, Ph.D. Hong Kong Baptist University
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This book is required reading for academics and business executives alike. Developing true global leaders for the New Economy is a necessity for survival as well as a recipe for success. Go get it today or suffer the consequences of global ignorance!Professor Jan Selmer, Ph.D. Hong Kong Baptist University
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...this book contains a great deal of important information for both academics and practitioners. It will be very helpful to organizations just starting to develop their own competency models.Personnel Psychology
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This book is a `must read' for all business people who need to know what it takes to thrive and not just survive in today's hyperspeed global business world. A real find.Mary Beth Lamb Director, Global Effectiveness Wilson Learning
Synopsis
The widening gap between the requirements of multinational organizations and the strategic and managerial abilities of their leaders, many of whose core experiences predated the globalization of business, has created the need for this book. Editors Mark E. Mendenhall, Torsten M. Kuhlmann, and Gunter K. Stahl have organized the results of their research--and that of their colleagues in the fields of leadership development, international management, and organizational psychology--for the benefit of scholars and practitioners alike. After surveying current practices to bring the reader up to speed on global leadership development as pursued by the United States, Germany, Japan, and with regard to women in leadership positions, the book's focus shifts to a discussion of effective organizational processes. In the third and final section, contributors analyze the research that has been done on extending human resource management functional practices--such as selection instrumentation, the use of assessment centers, multinational work groups, cross-cultural training programs, and repatriation policies--to global leadership development. The editors define and analyze global leadership and, in their review of the research, clarify exactly what we know and don't know about developing global leadership skills and what it might be profitable to learn. Practitioners will benefit from the contributors well-grounded insights into such issues as the key distinctions between global and domestic corporations, which dimensions of competency transcend internal corporate leadership dimensions, and how global leadership competencies should be developed.
Synopsis
Emphasizes the importance of acquiring and demonstrating global leadership competencies in today's fast-paced, multicultural business environment.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-306) and index.
About the Author
MARK E. MENDENHALL is J. Burton Frierson Chair of Excellence in Business Leadership at the School of Business, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.TORSTEN M. KUHLMANN is Chair of Human Resource Management at the University of Bayreuth.GUNTER K. STAHL is Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management and Leadership at the University of Bayreuth, Germany.
Table of Contents
Preface
New Perspectives on Global Leadership Development by Mark Mendenhall
Current MNC Global Leadership Development Policies and Practices
International Assignments and Careers as Repositories of Knowledge by Allan Bird
The Effects of IHRM Strategies on Global Leadership Development by Marion Festing
The German Approach to Developing Global Leaders via Expatriation by Torsten Kuhlmann
Global Leadership: Women Leaders by Nancy J. Adler
Internationalizing Managers: Comparative Strategies of U.S., Japanese, and European MNCs by Gary Oddou, Hal Gregeresen, J. Stewart Black, and J. Brooklyn Derr
Processes Critical to Global Leadership
A Model of Expatriation Acculturation: Factors Predicting Adjustment and Performance by Zeynep Ayean
The Quest for Transformation: The Process of Global Leadership Development by Joyce Osland
A Model of Multinational Work Group Processes and Effectiveness by Martha Maznevski and Lena Zander
Synergy Effects in Multinational Composed Work Groups: What We Know and What We Don't Know by Siegfried Stumpf and Ulrich Zeutschel
Extending Functional Practices in Global Leader Development
Using Assessment Centers as Tools for Global Leadership Development: An Exploratory Study by Gunter Stahl
International Teambuilding: Issues in Training Multinational Work Groups by Alois Moosmuller, Erika Spieb, and Astrid Podsiadlowski
The Role of Intercultural Communication in Effective Global Leadership: Implications for Cross-Cultural Training Programs by Bernd Muller-Jacquier and Ellen Whitener
Developing Effective Repatriation Policies and Practices: The Forgotten Function in IHRM by Paula Caligiuri and Mila Lazarova
Conclusion
Future Issues in Global Leadership Development by Nancy J. Adler, Ed L. Miller, and Mary Ann Von Glinow