Developing Global Business Leaders: Policies, Processes, And Innovations

DEVELOPING GLOBAL BUSINESS LEADERS This page intentionally left blank DEVELOPING GLOBAL BUSINESS LEADERS Policies, Processes, and Innovations Edited by Mark E. Mendenhall, Torsten M. Kuhlmann, and Gunter K. Stahl Q QUORUM BOOKS Westport, Connecticut • London Library of Congress C a t a l o g i n g - i n - P u b l i c a t i o n Data Developing global business leaders : policies, processes, and innovations / edited by Mark E. Mendenhall, Torsten M. Kuhlmann, and Gunter K. Stahl. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56720-314-0 (alk. paper) 1. Leadership. 2. Executives—Training of. 3. International business enterprises—Personnel management. I. Mendenhall, Mark E., 1956- II. Kuhlmann, Torsten M. III. Stahl, Gunter K., 1966HD57.7.D496 2001 658.4'07124—dc21 00-027654 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2001 by Mark E. Mendenhall, Torsten M. Kuhlmann, and Gunter K. Stahl All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 00-027654 ISBN: 1-56720-314-0 First published in 2001 Quorum Books, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.quorumbooks.com Printed in the United States of America @r The paper used in this book complies with the P e r m a n e n t Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Contents Figures and Tables Preface 1 Introduction: New Perspectives on Expatriate Adjustment and Its Relationship to Global Leadership Development Mark E. Mendenhall PART I Current MNC Global L e a d e r s h i p D e v e l o p m e n t P o l i c i e s and P r a c t i c e s 2 International Assignments and Careers as Repositories of Knowledge Allan Bird vii ix 1 19 3 The Effects of International Human Resource Management Strategies on Global Leadership Development 37 Marion Festing 4 The German Approach to Developing Global Leaders via Expatriation 57 Torsten M. Kuhlmann 5 Global Leadership: Women Leaders 73 Nancy J. Adler vi / CONTENTS 6 Building Global Leaders: Strategy Similarities and Differences among European, U.S., and Japanese Multinationals Gary Oddou, Hal B. Gregersen, J. Stewart Black, and C. Brooklyn Derr 99 PART II P r o c e s s e s Critical to Global L e a d e r s h i p 7 Expatriation: A Critical Step toward Developing Global Leaders Zeynep Ay can 119 8 The Quest for Transformation: The Process of Global Leadership Development Joyce S. Osland 137 9 Leading Global Teams: Overcoming the Challenge of the Power Paradox Martha L. Maznevski and Lena Zander 157 10 Synergy Effects in Multinational Work Groups: What We Know and What We Don't Know Siegfried Stumpf and Ulrich Zeutschel PART III E x t e n d i n g F u n c t i o n a l P r a c t i c e s in Global Leadership Development 11 Using Assessment Centers as Tools for Global Leadership Development: An Exploratory Study Gunter K. Stahl 12 International Team Building: Issues in Training Multinational Work Groups Alois Moosmilller, Erika Spie/3, and Astrid Podsiadlowski 175 197 211 13 Effective Global Leadership: The Role of Linguistic Analysis of Intercultural Communication Situations Bernd Milller-Jacquier and Ellen M. Whitener 225 14 Strategic Repatriation Policies to Enhance Global Leadership Development Paula M. Caligiuri and Mila Lazarova 243 15 Conclusion: Future Issues in Global Leadership Development Nancy J. Adler, Edwin L. Miller, and Mary Ann Von Glinow 257 References 273 Index 307 About t