Global Leadership ─ Research, Practice, and Development

This book offers graduate students a comprehensive, up-to-date view of the global leadership field. Focusing on leading across multiple cultural, economic, social, national and political boundaries simultaneously, the authors expertly present the latest research in the field in a succinct and engaging style that helps students grasp the complexities involved in being a global leader.

Existing users of the book will notice that while all the key topics have been retained, the book has been restructured into 5 new parts to provide a more logical structure to the book. Other new features include:

A new chapter on the important emerging field of talent management, written by one of its foremost scholars.

Updates to the chapter on global leadership development programs to include material on international service learning approaches and other best practices

Significant updates to the chapter on responsible global leadership to take account of the tremendous advances in this area over the last few years

Critical discussion questions at the end of each chapter to guide students in reflecting on the issues presented

This edition will also offer Powerpoint slides and a list of suggested cases to further assist instructors. The book will prove a useful guide to the field for all graduate students of global leadership, international business, and general leadership classes.

Mark E. Mendenhall holds the J. Burton Frierson Chair of Excellence in Business Leadership in the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee–Chattanooga, USA.

Joyce S. Osland is the Lucas Endowed Professor of Global Leadership at San Jose State University, USA.

Allan Bird is the Darla and Frederick Brodsky Trustee Professor in Global Business at Northeastern University, USA, and a Visiting Professor at Rikkyo University, Japan.

Gary R.Oddou is a Professor of International Management and Director of the global business management program at California State University–San Marcos, USA.

Michael J. Stevens is Associate Professor of Business Administration and Human Resource Management at Weber State University, USA.

Martha L Maznevski is Professor of Organizational Behavior and International Management and MBA Program Director at the Institute for Management Development (IMD), Switzerland.

Gunter K. Stahl is Professor of International Management at WU Vienna, Austria and Adjunct Professor of Organizational Behavior at INSEAD, France.