Cross-Cultural Leadership Studies

CHAPTER 2

Cross-Cultural Leadership Studies

Introduction

It is fair to say that a good deal of the activity with respect to cross-­cultural studies over the past years has focused on cross-cultural leadership. Culture plays an important role in many aspects of how leaders develop and implement their leadership styles and how they interact with those persons who look to them for guidance. Dickson et al. have noted the growing acceptance of cross-cultural leadership as an identifiable and independent field of study and research separate from the most established and well-known fields of cross-cultural research and leadership research.¹ The research conducted regarding leadership has focused on how cultural values impact the authority of the leader, ...