Herbert, Kendall and Mockaitis, Audra and Zander, Lena (2014) An Opportunity for East and West to Share Leadership: A Multicultural Analysis of Shared Leadership Preferences in Global Teams. Asian Business and Management, 13 (3). pp. 257-282. ISSN 1472-4782

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Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between cultural values and shared leadership preferences, using a sample of 357 potential globally dispersed team members. A signi fi cant positive relationship between both horizontal individualism and horizontal collectivism and shared leadership preferences is identi fi ed. We also fi nd signi fi cant dif- ferences in individual-level cultural values between Asian and non-Asian respondents. Shared leadership preferences exhibited fewer differences, suggesting the possibility for sharing leadership in multicultural teams. Our fi ndings add to the literature by detailing the relationship between cultural values and shared leadership preferences, and furthering our understanding of contemporary team leadership preferences among Asians and non- Asians.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	shared leadership; multicultural teams; cultural diversity; individualism; collectivism; country clusters;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
Item ID:	10459
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1057/abm.2014.10
Depositing User:	Audra Mockaitis
Date Deposited:	28 Jan 2019 17:00
Journal or Publication Title:	Asian Business and Management
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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