TY - JOUR
T1 - Strategic leadership across cultures
T2 - Current findings and future research directions
AU - Wang, Hui
AU - Waldman, David
AU - Zhang, Hongyu
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is supported by a grant from Natural Science Foundation of China (the number is 71032001 ) awarded to the first author.
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - Research on strategic leadership has proliferated for a long time. However, very little work has been conducted to investigate this issue from a cross-cultural perspective. To fill this gap, we first review recent findings on strategic leadership in different cultural backgrounds. Then, based on the upper echelons theory, we summarize what researchers have found regarding the effects of personal characteristics of strategic leaders on firm performance in terms of observed personal experience, personality, values, cognitive style, and leadership behaviors. Furthermore, we generate some future research directions focusing on concepts, theories, and also methodological issues of strategic leadership across cultures. We consider how research across different cultures will enrich our understanding of strategic leadership and unfold the "black box" of why and how strategic leaders have positive effects on firm level performance. Finally, practical implications for managers are considered.
AB - Research on strategic leadership has proliferated for a long time. However, very little work has been conducted to investigate this issue from a cross-cultural perspective. To fill this gap, we first review recent findings on strategic leadership in different cultural backgrounds. Then, based on the upper echelons theory, we summarize what researchers have found regarding the effects of personal characteristics of strategic leaders on firm performance in terms of observed personal experience, personality, values, cognitive style, and leadership behaviors. Furthermore, we generate some future research directions focusing on concepts, theories, and also methodological issues of strategic leadership across cultures. We consider how research across different cultures will enrich our understanding of strategic leadership and unfold the "black box" of why and how strategic leaders have positive effects on firm level performance. Finally, practical implications for managers are considered.
KW - Cross culture
KW - Current findings
KW - Future research directions
KW - Strategic leadership
KW - Upper echelons theory
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jwb.2012.01.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jwb.2012.01.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84866182241
SN - 1090-9516
VL - 47
SP - 571
EP - 580
JO - Journal of World Business
JF - Journal of World Business
IS - 4
ER -