The challenge of crosscultural leadership interaction Finnish expatriates in Indonesia

International assignments are becoming more and more typical parts of a managerial career. As an outcome, crosscultural leadership competencies are required within international companies. Still, real crosscultural leadership interaction between expatriate managers and their local subordinates has n...

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Published in:Career development international 2002-12, Vol.7 (7), p.415-429
Main Authors: Suutari, Vesa, Raharjo, Kusdi, Riikkil, Timo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Crosscultural management
Expatriates
Management styles
National cultures
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Summary:International assignments are becoming more and more typical parts of a managerial career. As an outcome, crosscultural leadership competencies are required within international companies. Still, real crosscultural leadership interaction between expatriate managers and their local subordinates has not been much studied. In the light of this, the goals of the present study were to analyse whether and how expatriate managers adjust their leadership style due to crosscultural differences, and whether and how local subordinates perceive the styles of expatriate managers to differ from the styles of local managers after possible adjustments. The data were collected by interviewing Finnish expatriate managers and their Indonesian subordinates in real crosscultural business settings with a bicultural interview team.
ISSN:1362-0436
DOI:10.1108/13620430210449948