Global Mindset and Leadership Effectiveness

Abstract

In the preceding chapters, we examined what a global mindset is and how it can be measured by formulating two research questions. We addressed these research questions in Chapters 4 and 5, respectively, based on an extensive literature study as described in Chapters 2 and 3. In this chapter, we address the third research question: What is the relationship between the individual global mindset and criteria for leadership effectiveness ? As in the previous studies, we aim to answer the third research question empirically. For this, we conducted a second quantitative field study to explore the relationship between global mindset and its outcomes. As we had identified the concept of a global mindset by interviewing managers with global responsibilities, we also wanted to measure the outcomes in terms of leadership effectiveness in a sample of managers working in a globalizing company. We also retested the relationship between personal and person-in-job factors and the global mindset concept to gain a better understanding of the process through which one adopts a global mindset. The expected relationships are presented in a research model.KeywordsPersonal FactorSalary GrowthCareer SuccessCareer SatisfactionGlobal LeadershipThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.