Developing Leaders’ Strategic Thinking through Global Work Experience : The Moderating Role of Cultural Distance
To respond to the challenge of how organizations can develop leaders who can think strategically, we investigate the relation of leaders’ global work experiences — that is, those experiences that require the role incumbent to transcend national boundaries — to their competency in strategic thinking. We further examine how leaders’ exposure to a country whose culture is quite distinct from the culture of their own country (i.e., one that is culturally distant) may moderate these relationships. Our analyses of 231 upper-level leaders reveals that the time they have spent in global work experiences positively relates to their strategic thinking competency, particularly for leaders who have had exposure to a more culturally distant country. We discuss these findings in light of the research on international work experiences and leader development
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2016
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Authors: | Dragoni, Lisa ; Oh, In‐Sue ; Tesluk, Paul E. ; Moore, Ozias ; VanKatwyk, Paul ; Hazucha, Joy |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
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freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (50 p) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | In: Journal of Applied Psychology Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments 2013 erstellt |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014148172
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