Leadership Across the Globe. Vipin Gupta and Montgomery Van Wart. with Paul Suino. Routledge R Taylor & Francis Croup NEW YORK AND LONDON

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1 Leadership Across the Globe Vipin Gupta and Montgomery Van Wart with Paul Suino Routledge R Taylor & Francis Croup NEW YORK AND LONDON

2 Contents Preface Acknowledgments x xiv PARTI Introduction to Leadership Studies 1 Introduction 3 History of the Mainstream Discourse on Organizational Leadership 4 Rise of New Leadership Discourse 9 The New Leadership Discourse and its New Questions 15 Contemporary Debates in Leadership Theory 16 Approaches to Global Leadership 22 Important Terms and Concepts 24 An Operational Definition of Individual Leadership 27 Conclusion and Organization of this Book 29 Questions and Exercises 30 Scenario: The Story of Jim 30 2 Understanding Theories of Leadership and Leadership Styles 35 Contingency Factors 36 Types of Leaders 39 Conclusion 58 Questions and Exercises 60 Scenario: Leadership Analysis Based on Style Strengths and Situational Needs 60 PART II Mainstream Leadership Discourse 65 3 Classical, Situational, and Relational Approaches to Leadership Classical Administrative Theory 68 Trait Theory 70 67

3 vi Contents Stratified Systems Theory 73 Transactional Approaches 75 Conclusion 85 Questions and Exercises 86 Scenario: The Promotion to Unit Supervisor 87 4 Impact-Based Approaches to Leadership Influence Theories and Power 92 Charismatic Leadership 97 Transformational Leadership 100 Comparing Transactional and Transformational Approaches to Leadership 104 Cross-Cultural Studies on Transformational Approaches 108 Indirect Leadership Theory and Transformational Leadership 109 Values-Based Leadership Theory 111 Conclusion 113 Questions and Exercises 113 Scenario: Considering Change Through Leadership Influence Distributed Approaches to Leadership Shared Leadership Theory 120 Superleadership Theory 122 Informal Leadership Theory 125 Followership Theory 128 "Substitutesfor Leadership" Theory 129 Self-Leadership Theory 133 Self-Managed Teams 137 Conclusion 140 Questions and Exercises 141 Scenario: Distributed Leadership 142 PART III New Leadership Discourse 6 Socially Constructed Leadership Socially Constructed Theories of Leadership 149 Implicit Theory of Leadership 150 Attribution Theory of Leadership 153 Culture: Dimensions, Regions, and Subcultures 155 Cultural Expectations Theory of Leadership 158 Cultural Values and Leadership Expectations 163 Leadership Expectations, Behaviors, and Effectiveness 165 Globally Focused Leadership Theory 165 Conclusion 169

4 Questions and Exercises 170 Scenario: Carlos Ghosn as the CEO of Nissan and Renault Leadership in Emerging Markets Leadership in Confucian Asia 177 Leadership in Southern Asia 180 Leadership in the Middle East 185 Leadership in Sub-Saharan Africa 188 Leadership in Latin America 193 Conclusion 198 Questions and Exercises 200 Scenario: Charles Martin in Uganda: Leader Gone Native Leadership and Industrial Markets Leadership in Eastern Europe 207 Leadership in Latin Europe 212 Leadership in Nordic Europe 216 Leadership in Germanic Europe 220 Leadership in the Anglo Cluster 223 Conclusion 225 Questions and Exercises 227 Scenarios: Expatriate Leadership in Industrial Markets Leadership and Gender Labyrinth Theory 235 Identitywork Theory 238 Multilevel Theory 240 Principled Leadership Theory 245 Synergistic (Postmodern) Leadership Theory 245 Gender-Centered Leadership in Family Businesses 248 Conclusion 253 Questions and Exercises 253 Scenario: Examining Gender, Power, and Ethics Leadership and Ecology Ecological Leadership Studies 261 Incremental Change Theory 264 Transformational Theory (Targeted) 266 Complexity Theory 266 Crisis Theory 269 Global Ecological Leadership 278 Developing Leadership for Change 280 Conclusion 285 Questions and Exercises 287 Scenario: The Context of Leadership at a U.S. Biomedical Firm 288

5 viii Contents PART IV Competency-Based Leadership Practice Competency-Based Leadership 295 Purposes of Competency-Based Leadership 297 Strengths and Weaknesses of Competency-Based Leadership 298 Competency-Based Global Ecological Leadership 299 The Global Leadership Action Cycle 300 Understanding Leadership Traits 301 Conclusion 316 Questions and Exercises 318 Scenario: How to Develop Rommie Wu Effective Leader Skills 328 Organization-Oriented Skills 330 People-Oriented Skills 339 Blue Ocean Leadership 352 Conclusion 355 Questions and Exercises 355 Scenario: Focusing on Skills in Development Behaviors That Contribute to Leader Effectiveness 363 Organization-Oriented Behaviors 365 People-Oriented Behaviors 372 Task-Oriented Behaviors 382 Global Leadership Behaviors and Their Effectiveness 386 Universality of Global Leadership Behaviors 388 Conclusion 389 Questions and Exercises 392 Scenario: Executive Trade-Offs Strategie Roles That Contribute to Leader Effectiveness 397 Flanning 399 Programming 401 Performing 401 Proßting 406 Perfecting 410 A Theory of Strategie Leadership 412 Conclusion 414 Questions and Exercises 414 Scenario: Strategie Leadership Action Cycle 414

6 Contents ix PART V Responsibility-Based Leadership Practice Values-Based Approaches to Leadership 421 The Values-Based Leader as Integrity Personified 423 The Values-Based Leader as Moral Manager 425 The Values-Based Leader as Authentic 429 The Values-Based Leader as Spiritual Mentor 430 The Values-Based Leader as Transforming 432 A Füll Range Model of Values-Based Leadership 435 Conclusion 440 Questions and Exercises 443 Scenario: Resolving the Ethical Conundrums Socially Responsible Leadership 449 Values-Based Leadership 450 Stakeholder Leadership 452 Postmodern Leadership 455 Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Models of Leadership 462 Conclusion 465 Questions and Exercises 468 Scenario: Socially Responsible Leadership in a Global Situation 468 Appendix A: Reflective Leadership Assessments 474 Appendix B: Global Leadership Assessment 492 Appendix C: Tally Sheet for the Global Assessment Leadership Cycle 500 Index 502