Description
Book SynopsisThis edited volume strives to support leaders in successfully leading their teams, projects and organizations across borders in an increasingly boundaryless world. From both an academic’s and a practitioner’s perspective, the book focuses on international leaders and their potential to be or become enablers of international success, for and within their respective organizations. The authors are a curated selection of established experts, seasoned leaders, and new voices showcasing novel research, best practices, and business cases. The contributions are assigned to three sections, corresponding to the three core challenges of international leadership: Leading international organizations, leading international teams, and (self)leadership with intercultural excellence. An additional section is dedicated to case studies, exhibiting these challenges in practice.
The Foundation of the Swiss Society for Organization and Management (SGO) as well as Innosuisse – Swiss Innovation Agency supported the creation of this book.
Table of ContentsInternational Leadership: Effecting Success Across Borders in a Boundaryless World.- Enacting Opportunities Across Borders.- Early and Rapid or Late and Slow?.- Cooperation with Distributors in Arabic-Speaking Countries.- The Curious Case of Leadership in International Branch Campuses in Higher Education.- International Leadership and the Fight Against Corruption.- Intercultural Work Settings: Which Competences for Managers, Leaders, and Teams?.- Co-leading an International Collaborative Team: Relationships Matter.- An Exploration of Humanistic Leadership: Practices in a Multicultural Work Environment.- Developing Global Leadership in Africa.- Emergent Leadership in Multicultural, Global, and Virtual Teams.- Effective Leadership Across Cultures.- The Emergence of Chinese Global Executives.- “A Corporate’s Character is its Fate”: Character and Ethical Leadership in Multicultural Systems.- “Worthy of Trust”: What a Leader Should Do in Order to Be Considered a Trusted Leader.- SME Internationalization: Exploration of Unknown Territories by Strategically Seizing Serendipity.- From Zero to Sales.- Leading Leadership Development.- Building a Healthy Organization.
