Michael A. Moodian

Contemporary Leadership and Intercultural Competence

Exploring the Cross-Cultural Dynamics Within Organizations

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Produktbeschreibung

Contemporary Leadership and Intercultural Competence will give students a thorough understanding of the evolving role of cultural diversity in the workplace, become familiar with powerful tools and assessments to measure an organizations's intercultural competence, gain knowledge of optimal crosscultural communications, and be exposed to real-world applications to business, including remediation and training techniques to bring organizations up to par.

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Featuring contributions from some of the world's most renowned cross-cultural management theorists and commentators, this breakthrough text explores the cross-cultural dynamics within organizations. The book examines the evolving role of cultural diversity in the workplace, the application of cultural comprehension to organizations, and the measurement of various aspects of intercultural competence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781412954532
• ISBN-10: 1412954533
• Artikelnr.: 24669250

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introductory Commentary: Valuing the Diversity of a Nation - Michael S.
Dukakis
Part I. Introduction
1. Journeys Through the Ecological Niche: An Introduction and Overview of
the Textbook - Michael A. Moodian
2. Understanding the Basics of Culture - Dharm P. Bhawuk, Daniel Landis,
and Vijayan P. Munusamy
3. Developing and Implementing a Multicultural Vision - Carlos E. Cortes
and Louise C. Wilkinson
Part II. Understanding the Evolving Role of Cultural Diversity in the
Workplace
4. The Effective Management of Cultural Diversity - Lee Gardenswartz and
Anita Rowe
5. Religious and Spiritual Diversity in the Workplace - Martin F. Bennett
6. The Legal Implications of Cross-Cultural Leadership and Trade - John C.
Tobin
7. Global Human Resource Management - Jennifer Palthe
Part III. Applying Cultural Comprehension to Organizations
8. Transformative Training: Designing Programs for Culture Learning - Janet
M. Bennett
9. Leading Across Cultures: Designing a Learning Agenda for Global Praxis -
L. Hyatt, Leslie A. Evans, and Md Manhubul Haque
10. From Intercultural Knowledge to Intercultural Competence: Developing an
Intercultural Practice - Barbara F. Schaetti, Sheila J. Ramsey, and Gordon
C. Watanabe
11. The Stress Dynamic and Its Intersection With Intercultural
Communication Competence - LaRay M. Barna
12. Beyond Borders: Leading in Today¿s Multicultural World - Sangeeta R.
Gupta
Part IV. Measuring Intercultural Competence
13. Getting the Measure of Intercultural Leadership - Fons Trompenaars and
Peter Woolliams
14. Assessment Instruments for the Global Workforce - Douglas Stuart
15. Assessing Leadership Behavior as It Relates to Intercultural Competence
- Charles M. Fischer
16. The Intercultural Development Inventory: An Approach for Assessing and
Building Intercultural Competence - Mitchell R. Hammer
17. Solving Problems and Resolving Conflict Using the Intercultural
Conflict Style Model and Inventory - Mitchell R. Hammer
18. Cultural Intelligence: Measurement and Scale Development - Linn Van
Dyne, Soon Ang, and Christine Koh
19. Intercultural Sensitivity for Global Managers - Dharm P.S. Bhawuk and
Keith H. Sakuda
Part V. Concluding Thoughts
20. Analyzing Organizations Through the SPELIT Methodology - June
Schmieder-Ramirez and Leo Mallette
Closing Commentary: The Future of Intercultural Competence in an Era of
Globalization - Marc Lamont Hill
The Multiculturally Competent Leader - Sangeeta Gupta
About the Editor
About the Contributors
Index