Defining the "global" in global leadership

Journal of World Business

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 493-503

  Mendenhall, Mark E ^a   Reiche, B Sebastian ^b   Bird, Allan ^c   Osland, Joyce S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary spanning; Complexity; Construct definition; Geographical co location; Global context; Global leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866143163     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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