ISBN:
9781783504800
Content:
This qualitative study explores the acquisition of global mindset in business executives who engaged in short-term business travel. Global mindset is operationalized as actively seeking to engage and reflect upon perspectives and orientations that both complement and contradict one’s own worldview. The narratives of 16 global supply chain leaders who work for a multinational company were content-analyzed. The results indicate that short-term business travel provides the context for participant reflection on their development as global leaders. They describe their development as a continuous evolution over time that is focused less on becoming a cultural expert and more on being culturally responsive in order to build relationships and achieve business results. The findings suggest that companies could take steps to leverage the developmental opportunity that short-term business travel represents.
In:
Advances in global leadership, Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2014, (2014), Seite 293-316, 9781783504800
In:
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
In:
year:2014
In:
pages:293-316
Language:
English
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