Culture and Leadership Across the World

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Argentina: Crisis of Guidance

Carlos AltschulMarina AltschulMercedes LópezMaria Marta PreziosaFlavio RuffoloUniversidad de Buenos Aires

Argentina, “It is a difficult country” (Schvarzer, in Sábato, 1988, p. 7). Argentina had shown extraordinary growth at the start of the 20th century after stagnation for about 60 years. In the 1990s it underwent major structural changes by developing democratic practices and liberal economic policies. However, the reforms produced neither the economic nor the social results that were expected. The current situation (1995) is characterized by a major debt burden political and social uncertainty, corporate turbulence, ...