1. National Culture and Leadership Profiles in Europe: Some Results From the GLOBE Study
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Christopher Leeds, G. Audia, A. Papalexandris, Domenico Bodega, Marie Vondrysova, J. Correia Jesuino, Gerhard Reber, Matthias Kipping, Edvard Konrad, N. Rogovski, B. Rakitski, Majken Schultz, F. Broadbeck, Fred Luthans, Paul L. Koopman, Ingalill Holmberg, Hk. Thierry, Jette Schramm-Nielsen, Deanne N. Den Hartog, Slawomir Jarmuz, Celia Gutiérrez, José Prieto, Camilla Sigfrids, L. Kohtalinen, Mary A. Keating, Simon Booth, Argio Sabadin, Helena Bendova, M. Martin, Geoffrey Jones, Michael Frese, Celeste P.M. Wilderom, Mikhail V. Gratchev, Martin Lindell, G. Kipiani, Gyula Bakacsi, Staffan Åkerblom, Alexandre Kurc, Klas Brenk, Muzaffer Bodur, Erna Szabo, Dimitrios Bourantas, J. Maczynski, Stanisław A. Witkowski, Nancy Papalexandris, Rolf Wunderer, Hayat Kabasakal, Gillian S. Martin, Jürgen Weibler, R. Jorbenadse, and Work and Organizational Psychology
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management ,Cultural group selection ,Management styles ,Global Leadership ,National culture ,Social environment ,Globe ,Gender studies ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,medicine ,Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory ,Sociology ,Social science ,Attribution ,Applied Psychology - Abstract
Different cultural groups may have different conceptions of what leadership should entail, i.e. different leadership prototypes. Several earlier studies revealed that within Europe various cultural clusters can be distinguished (Hofstede, 1991; Ronen & Shenkar, 1985). Using recent data from the GLOBE project, this article discusses similarities and differences on culture and leadership dimensions among 21 European countries. The results show that two broad clusters or patterns of cultural values can be distinguished, contrasting the North-Western and South-Eastern part of Europe. Within these clusters, differences in leadership prototypes to a certain extent mirror differences in culture. On the basis of these results it is hardly possible to speak of a single typically European culture or one distinct European management style. However, on some dimensions European scores are different from at least some other regions in the world.
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- 1999