Culture and Leadership Across the World : The GLOBE Book of in-Depth Studies of 25 Societies

Culture and Leadership Across the World: The GLOBE Book of In-Depth Studies of 25 Societiesis the second major publication of GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness), a groundbreaking, large-scale project on international management research featuring contributions from nearly 18,000 middle managers from 1,000 organizations in 62 countries, perhaps the largest project of its kind ever undertaken. This volume effectively presents a complex collection of global research addressing the culture of particular countries, leadership qualities within those countries, and recommendations on how managers should conduct business in countries other than their own. A massive effort with a cross-cultural focus and broad international appeal, this book explores: *how leadership is conceptualized and enacted in its cultural milieu; *quantitative data including middle manager questionnaires, unobtrusive measurement, and participant observation data; *qualitative research from interviews, focus groups, and media analyses; and *theoretical and methodological pitfalls that arise in the effort to develop universal management theories. This book is a coherent and well-organized presentation of the findings of the GLOBE Project and will appeal to scholars in leadership, management, international business, cultural studies; and also to practicing managers.

Jagdeep S. Chhokar is a professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, where he has also been Dean and Director In-charge. He earned his Ph.D. in Management and Organizational Behavior from Louisiana State University. He is also a graduate in mechanical engineering and in law. He is also a citizen-activist for improving democracy and governance in the country; a bird watcher, and conservationist. Before becoming an academic, he actively worked with the Indian Railways for 13 years. He has taught in several countries including Australia, France, Japan, and the United States. His professional interests are eclectic, covering all aspects of organizational functioning such as behavior, structure, design, and effectiveness of organizations, and of people in organizations. The main thrust of his work in the last few years has been cross-cultural management.
 
His research has appeared in several international journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Columbia Journal of World Business (now called the Journal of World Business), International Labor Review, Industrial Relations, Journal of Safety Research, International Journal of Psychology, Applied Psychology: An International Review, International Journal of Management, Management International Review, Educational and Psychological  Measurement, American Business Review, American Journal of  Small Business. He has also contributed chapters to edited books and has written several teaching cases. He is on the editorial boards of The Journal of Management, and of Insight, a publication of the Academy of International Business.
 
His writings have also appeared in the Indian business and popular press such as The Economic Times, The Times of India, The Hindu, The Indian Express, The Financial Express, The Tribune. His writings on political and electoral issues have appeared in journals in India such as the Economic and Political Weekly and Seminar. As conservationist, he has published in the National Geographic Birdwatcher, among other journals. He has been a member of the GLOBE Coordination Team. 
Felix C. Brodbeck is Professor of Organizational and Social Psychology, Head of Department, and Director of the Aston Centre for Leadership Excellence (ACLE) at Aston Business School, Aston University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Giessen and his second doctorate (Habilitation) from the University of Munich.
 
He has published eight books and more than 80 scholarly articles in journals such as, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Executive, Leadership Quarterly, Journal of World Business, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, European Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, International Journal of Human Computer Interaction, Behavior and Information Technology, in the fields of HRM, leadership, team performance, team development, organizational effectiveness, human computer interaction, innovation, decision making, cross-cultural psychology, diversity, and applied research methods.
 
He has taught in several countries and conducted applied research in more than 50 organizations in several countries, works as trainer, coach and consultant, and serves on boards of consultancy companies. His repertoire of experience and practice comprises experimental, applied and field research, development of theory, on the one side, and practical tools, on the other, as well as training, coaching and consulting in the domains listed above. Robert J. House received his Ph.D. degree in management from the Ohio State University, June 1960. He was appointed the Joseph Frank Bernstein Professor Endowed Chair of Organization Studies at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1988. He has published 130 journal articles. In total, his articles have been reprinted in approximately 50 anthologies of readings in management and organizational behavior. He received the Award for Distinguished Scholarly Contribution to Management, and four awards for outstanding publications. The awards were conferred by the Academy of Management and the Canadian Association of Administrative Sciences. He has also authored two papers that are Scientific Citations Classics.
 
He is a Fellow of the Academy of Management, American Psychological Association, and Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology. He has served as chairperson of the Academy of Management Division of Organizational Behavior (1972-1973) and President of the Administrative Science Association of Canada (1985-1986).
 
He was the Principal Investigator of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness Research Program (GLOBE) from 1993 through 2003. In this capacity he visited universities in 38 countries. He has also been a visiting scholar or visiting professor at 14 universities, most of which are in Europe or Asia. He is the senior editor of the book Culture, Leadership and Organizations, edited by Robert J. House, Paul J. Hanges, Mansour Javidan, Peter W. Dorman and Vipin Gupta, Sage Publications, 2004. This book reports the results of the first two phases of GLOBE.
 
His major research interests are the role of personality traits and motives as they relate to effective leadership and organizational performance, power, and personality in organizations, leadership, and the implications of cross-cultural variation for effective leadership and organizational performance.