رسالة جامعية
Cross-Cultural Leadership Development in China
| العنوان: | Cross-Cultural Leadership Development in China |
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| المؤلفون: | Petersen, Daniel Martin Agerbech |
| بيانات النشر: | Queens' College Faculty of Education University of Cambridge |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| المجموعة: | Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Leadership, Leadership development, Culture, Cross-cultural management, Management, China, Cross-cultural leadership, Organisation, Chinese philosophy, Fortune 500, Chinese culture, Organisational behaviour, Education, Chinese Education, Training & Developement, Leadership development programmes, Strategy, Organisational strategy |
| الوصف: | This dissertation focuses on Western cross-cultural leadership development initiatives in China. The aim of the study is to understand and improve the practice of Western enterprises conducting business in the Chinese market. The research approach adopted included a qualitative exploratory interview investigation with 5 companies in the following industries: oil and gas; shipping and logistics; retail; fast-moving consumer goods; and banking. In total, 24 Chinese high-potential employees and 7 representatives for the companies’ global leadership development strategy were interviewed. The dissertation sets the stage with a historical overview of 6 prevailing leadership paradigms in modern management. This is followed by the central philosophies of Chinese leadership. Finally, relevant literature on leadership development in China and the West is reviewed. Throughout the literature review, gaps in the research are identified and discussed which inform the methodological framework of the study. Through a phenomenographic analysis, the data of this study are grouped into categories of descriptions containing different views on effective leadership and leadership development. The findings from this research provide evidence that the conceptualisations of leadership and leadership development amongst the interviewees are multifaceted and the interviewees occasionally step in and out of different views, and thus they adhere to multiple conceptions. The main conclusions related to leadership conceptions drawn by this study are as follows: (i) Chinese managers in Western companies conceptualise leadership with reference to ‘Western’ and ‘Chinese’ leadership styles; (ii) Chinese managers tending to agree with all 6 paradigms connect to the principles of Daoism; (iii) Chinese managers’ holistic manner of conceptualising leadership is considered unfocused and vague by Western headquarters; (iv) the lack of alignment in conceptualisations of leadership causes Western headquarters to hesitate in promoting Chinese managers to ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | doctoral or postdoctoral thesis |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/298265Test |
| DOI: | 10.17863/CAM.45320 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.45320Test https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/298265Test |
| حقوق: | All rights reserved ; https://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reservedTest/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.FD75A735 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.17863/CAM.45320 |
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