Developing Global Business Leaders: Policies, Processes, and Innovations

Contents......Page 6
Figures and Tables......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
1 Introduction: New Perspectives on Expatriate Adjustment and Its Relationship to Global Leadership Development......Page 16
PART I: Current MNC Global Leadership Development Policies and Practices......Page 32
2 International Assignments and Careers as Repositories of Knowledge......Page 34
3 The Effects of International Human Resource Management Strategies on Global Leadership Development......Page 52
4 The German Approach to Developing Global Leaders via Expatriation......Page 72
5 Global Leadership: Women Leaders......Page 88
6 Building Global Leaders: Strategy Similarities and Differences among European, U.S., and Japanese Multinationals......Page 114
PART II: Processes Critical to Global Leadership......Page 132
7 Expatriation: A Critical Step toward Developing Global Leaders......Page 134
8 The Quest for Transformation: The Process of Global Leadership Development......Page 152
9 Leading Global Teams: Overcoming the Challenge of the Power Paradox......Page 172
10 Synergy Effects in Multinational Work Groups: What We Know and What We Don't Know......Page 190
PART III: Extending Functional Practices in Global Leadership Development......Page 210
11 Using Assessment Centers as Tools for Global Leadership Development: An Exploratory Study......Page 212
12 International Team Building: Issues in Training Multinational Work Groups......Page 226
13 Effective Global Leadership: The Role of Linguistic Analysis of Intercultural Communication Situations......Page 240
14 Strategic Repatriation Policies to Enhance Global Leadership Development......Page 258
15 Conclusion: Future Issues in Global Leadership Development......Page 272
References......Page 288
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M......Page 325
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W......Page 327
About the Editors and Contributors......Page 328