Grounding Leader Development: Cultural Perspectives

Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 52-55, 2010

4 Pages Posted: 1 Mar 2010

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Meena Wilson

Center for Creative Leadership (India)

Jeffrey Yip

Simon Fraser University

Date Written: February 27, 2010

Abstract

In 2006, the Center for Creative Leadership embarked on a series of studies on leadership development in Asia, replicating McCall’s study of managers in the United States (McCall, Lombardo, & Morrison, 1988). All the interviews were conducted in country-based or homegrown organizations. As in the original research, the studies in India, China, and Singapore also revealed the same five broad categories of experience: challenging assignments, developmental relationships, hardships, coursework and training, and personal experience. But cross-country comparisons, which included data from the United States, showed that the event categories are weighted differently, new event types emerge, and other event types are absent (Yip & Wilson, 2010). Rather than providing clear-cut solutions about leadership development, the findings provoked us into asking further questions.

Keywords: Leadership development, International management, Management Education

Suggested Citation

Wilson, Meena and Yip, Jeffrey, Grounding Leader Development: Cultural Perspectives (February 27, 2010). Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 52-55, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1560611

Meena Wilson

Center for Creative Leadership (India) ( email )

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Jeffrey Yip (Contact Author)

Simon Fraser University ( email )

Beedie School of Business
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Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1W6
Canada

HOME PAGE: http://https://www.jeffreyyip.net/

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