Examines the relationship between culture and societal, organizational, and leadership effectiveness in sixty-two countries, based on the surveys of the GLOBE--Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness--research program, with a focus on information gathered from middle managers in financial services, food processing, and telecommunications services.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

PART I: INTRODUCTION -- Illustrative examples of GLOBE findings / Robert J. House -- Overview of GLOBE / Robert J. House, Mansour Javidan -- A nontechnical summary of GLOBE findings / Mansour Javidan ... [et al.] -- PART II: PRIOR LITERATURE -- Cultural influences on organizational leadership: literature review, theoretical rationale, and GLOBE project goals / Peter W. Dorfman, Robert J. House -- The impact of societal culture and industry on organizational culture: theoretical explanations / Marcus W. Dickson ... [et al.] -- PART III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- Research design / Robert J. House, Paul J. Hanges -- The linkage between GLOBE findings and other cross-cultural information / Mansour Javidan, Markus Hauser -- The development and validation of the GLOBE culture and leadership scales / Paul J. Hanges, Marcus W. Dickson -- Multisource construct validity of GLOBE scales / Vipin Gupta ... [et al.] -- Regional and climate clustering of societal cultures / Vipin Gupta, Paul J. Hanges -- Rationale for GLOBE statistical analyses: societal rankings and test of hypotheses / Paul J. Hanges ... [et al.] -- PART IV: EMPIRICAL FINDINGS -- Performance orientation / Mansour Javidan -- Future orientation / Neal Ashkanasy ... [et al.] -- Cross-cultural differences in gender egalitarianism: implications for societies, organizations, and leaders / Cynthia G. Emrich ... [et al.] -- Assertiveness / Deanne N. Den Hartog -- Individualism and collectivism / Michele J. Gelfand ... [et al.] -- Power distance / Dale Carl ... [et al.] -- Humane orientation in societies, organizations, and leader attributes / Hayat Kabasakal, Muzaffer Bodur -- Uncertainty avoidance / Mary Sully de Luque, Mansour Javidan -- Societal culture and industrial sector influences on organizational culture / Felix C. Brodbeck ... [et al.] -- Leadership and cultural variation: the identification of culturally endorsed leadership profiles / Peter W. Dorfman ... [et al.] -- PART V: CONCLUSION -- Conclusions and future directions / Mansour Javidan ... [et al.] -- Appendix A: Societal-level correlations among GLOBE societal culture scales / Paul J. Hanges -- Appendix B: Response bias correction procedure used in GLOBE / Paul J. Hanges -- Appendix C: Evidence for contextual effects / Paul J. Hanges -- Appendix D: Confidence interval estimation of correlations / Paul J. Hanges.

Culture, Leadership, and Organizations reports the results of a ten-year research program, the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness research program (GLOBE). GLOBE is a long-term program designed to conceptualize, operationalize, test, and validate a cross-level integrated theory of the relationship between culture and societal, organizational, and leadership effectiveness. A team of 160 scholars worked together since 1994 to study societal culture, organizational culture, and attributes of effective leadership in 62 cultures. Culture, Leadership, and Organizations: The GLOBE Study of 62 Societies reports the findings of the first two phases of GLOBE. The book is primarily based on the results of the survey of over 17,000 middle managers in three industries: banking, food processing, and telecommunications, as well as archival measures of country economic prosperity and the physical and psychological well-being of the cultures studied. -- Back cover

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