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Reconciling culturalist and rationalist approaches: leadership in the United States and Turkey
- Source :
- Thunderbird International Business Review. 40:563-583
- Publication Year :
- 1998
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 1998.
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Abstract
- This article empirically investigated the invariance and discriminant validity of a six-factor leadership model across two very divergent cultures: the United States and Turkey. In conjunction with the rationalist approach to international management, it was hypothesized that the same range of six leadership styles would appear in both cultures. However, coinciding with the culturalist approach to international management, it was also hypothesized that managers would emphasize different styles in each culture. Turkish and US managers each completed the Leadership Effectiveness Questionnaire measuring degree of emphasis placed on six leadership styles. Results of the test of model invariance indicated that the six styles existed in both cultures; however, discriminant analysis demonstrated that the Autocratic and Consensus styles differentiated managers best. Turkish managers emphasized the Autocratic style to a greater extent and the Consensus style to a lesser extent than did US managers. Implications for international management are discussed. ©1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Subjects :
- Leadership effectiveness
Turkish
Geography, Planning and Development
Discriminant validity
Autocracy
language.human_language
Test (assessment)
Style (sociolinguistics)
Management
Political Science and International Relations
language
Leadership style
Business and International Management
Psychology
Social psychology
International management
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15206874 and 10964762
- Volume :
- 40
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Thunderbird International Business Review
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........b6991d1d63e88830a196e6fc03fceaba