Global Leadership Practices

Edited by Bettina Gehrke, Bocconi School of Management, Bocconi University, Italy, Marie-Thérèse Claes, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria, Daniela Pauknerová, Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic, Ina Aust, Professor of Human Resource Management and Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability, Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations (LouRIM), Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium and Roger-Matthew Bell Lambert, ESADE Business School, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain

• Contents:Preface to the second edition xviPART I GLOBAL LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES1 Introduction to Global Leadership Practices 18Bettina Gehrke, Daniela Pauknerova, Marie-Thérèse Claes and Ina Aust2 Leading self: self-development in a global context 41Daniela Pauknerová, Jacek Mironski and Marie-Thérèse Claes3 Leading collaboration in global teams 64Niina Nurmi, Rebecca Piekkari and Bettina Gehrke4 Leading diversity, equity and inclusion: MNCs and refugees’workforce inclusion 85Priya A. Roy, Bettina Gehrke and Marie-Thérèse Claes5 Leading sustainability transformation 104Ina Aust and Bettina GehrkePART II GLOBAL LEADERSHIP IN PRACTICE6 There is nothing so practical as three good theories 125Laurence Romani, Henriett Primecz and Roger-Matthew Bell Lambert7 China: Chinese acquisition of a german multinational company 149Xiuqi Ying, Yiming Dai, Xiaomeng Liu and Abby Jingzi Zhou8 Ecuador: learnings from an indigenous leader in Ecuador 165Andrea Romo Perez and Madeleine Bausch9 India: the many faces of IT India 189Jasmin Mahadevan10 Kazakhstan: going global in a post-Soviet country 206Zoltan Buzady and Anastassiya Lipovka11 Middle East and North Africa (MENA): a German-Arab team 223Katharina Kilian-Yasin and Marina Apaydın12 Southeast Asia: a kaleidoscope of cultural diversity 242Jasmin Mahadevan13 Southern Africa: the mining industry between Ubuntu philosophyand post-colonial legacy 262Natasha Winkler-Titus

‘Bettina Gehrke, along with her contributors and collaborators, has crafted an exceptional resource that demonstrates the application of cutting-edge intercultural research. Their handbook serves as a comprehensive guide to understanding and implementing the essentials of effective global leadership worldwide.’