In today's globalized economy, being successful in an industry almost necessarily implies an international approach of doing business. Restricting one’s economic activities to the domestic market will ultimately lead to disadvantages in comparison to multinational companies which are able to...

Leading people from diverse cultures is centrally important in organizations. This study investigates the extent to which transformational leadership behaviors are universal: by examining if leaders and followers perceive transformational leadership behaviors the same way across cultures; and by...

Background: Multicultural teams provide diverse skill sets, and members’ different experiences could through effective leadership be leveraged to improve organizational performance, especially in the agile organization. Effective multicultural team leadership can drive the goals of agile...

Background: Most organizations in high-receiving immigrant nations lack insight into how a bicultural employee’s special skills might be leveraged to improve performance within agile organizations. Biculturals are recognized as an important segment of managers, organizational leaders have a...

1. Introduction -- Part I: Setting the Stage -- 2. Globalisation, ‘best’ management practices and cultural awareness -- 3. Contemporary tradition and modernity in Africa -- Part II: Cultural Research: etic and emic approaches -- 4. The Hofstede model: understanding a multicultural...

Introduction: Why this book, and what makes it unique? -- Chapter 1: Virtual team collaboration and the digital transformation: Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a five-factor model -- Chapter 2: Information and Communication Technologies in virtual team collaboration: Configuration...

1. Change leadership in a cross-cultural context : a case study of Italy and Australia / Mary Barrett -- 2. Leading organizational change in a Brazilian multinational : crisis and restructuring in Globo organizations / Emmanouela Mandalaki, Gazi Islam and Filipe Sobral -- 3. A leader with open...

Change leadership in a cross-cultural context : a case study of Italy and Australia / Mary Barrett -- Leading organizational change in a Brazilian multinational : crisis and restructuring in globo organizations / Emmanouela Mandalaki, Gazi Islam, Filipe Sobral -- A leader with open mind and...