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Global Leadership & Organisational Behaviour Effectiveness Flashcards

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What is GLOBE?

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Global Leadership & Organisational Behaviour Effectiveness

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What is GLOBE’s goal?

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In what way are cultural values connected to organisational practices, leadership, economic competitiveness of societies and the human conditions of its members.

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What is GLOBE’s focus?

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GLOBE’s focus is on societies and not countries.

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What are GLOBE’s Dimensions?

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  1. Uncertainty avoidance
  2. Power distance
  3. Institutional collectivism
  4. In-group collectivism
  5. Gender egalitarianism
  6. Assertiveness
  7. Future orientation
  8. Performance orientation
  9. Humane orientation
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What is Uncertainty Avoidance?

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The extent to which members of an organisation or society strive to avoid uncertainty by relying on social norms, rituals, and bureaucratic practices to decrease the unpredictability of future events that could affect the operations in a negative way.
- Based on Hofstede.

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Which countries focus on uncertainty avoidance?

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Singapore and Switzerland

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What is Power Distance?

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The degree to which members of an organisation or society expect and agree that power should be stratified and concentrated at the higher levels of an organisation or government.
- Based on Hofstede

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Which countries have higher power distance?

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Brazil and Thailand

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What is Institutional Collectivism?

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The degree to which organizational and societal institutions encourage and reward collective distribution of resources and collective action.
- Based on Hofstede

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Which countries focus on institutional collectivism?

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Japan and Sweden

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What is In-Group Collectivism?

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The degree to which individuals express pride, loyalty, and cohesiveness in their organizations or families.
- Based on Hofstede

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Which countries focus on in-group collectivism?

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India and China

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What is Gender Egalitarianism?

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The degree to which a collective minimizes gender inequality.
- Based on Hofstede

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What is Assertiveness?

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The degree to which individuals are assertive, confrontational and aggressive in their relationships with others.
- Based on Hofstede

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Which countries focus on gender egalitarianism

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Denmark, Hungary, Sweden.

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Which countries focus on assertiveness?

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Hong Kong and the United States

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What is Future Orientation?

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The extent to which organisations and societies engage in future-oriented behavior such as planning, investing in the future, and delaying individual or collective gratification.
- Based on Kluckhohn’s Past-Present-Future orientation.

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Which countries focus on future orientation?

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Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland

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What is Performance Orientation?

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The extent to which an organisation or society encourages and rewards group members’ performance improvement and excellence.
- Based on the Need-to-Achieve studies by McClleland.

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Which countries focus on performance orientation?

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Hong Kong and the United States

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What is Humane Orientation?

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The degree to which a collective encourages and rewards individuals for being fair, altruistic, generous, caring and kind to others.
- Based on Kluckhohn’s assumption that human nature is basically good or evil.

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GLOBE Measures each dimension in two ways:

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  1. As it is (how you put it into practice)
  2. As should be (how high you value the dimension)
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What are GLOBE’s leadership clusters?

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  1. Middle East
  2. Confucian Asia
  3. Southern Asia
  4. Latin America
  5. Nordic Europe
  6. Anglo
  7. Germanic Europe
  8. Latin Europe
  9. Sub-Saharan Africa
  10. Eastern Europe
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Which countries are in the Middle East cluster?

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Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, Turkey

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Which countries are in the Confucian Asia cluster?

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China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan

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Which countries are in the Southern Asia cluster?

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India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand

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Which countries are in the Latin America cluster?

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Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela

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Which countries are in the Nordic Europe cluster?

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Denmark, Finland, Sweden

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Which countries are in the Anglo cluster?

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Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the United States

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Which countries are in the Germanic Europe cluster?

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Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland (German speaking)

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Which countries are in the Latin Europe cluster?

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France, Italy, Israel, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland (Italian/French speaking)

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Which countries are in the Sub-Saharan Africa cluster?

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Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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Which countries are in the Eastern Europe cluster?

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Albania, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, Slovenia

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What is leadership?

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The ability of an individual to influence, motivate and enable others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of their organization.

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What are the six dimensions of culturally endorsed implicit leadership?

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  1. Charismatic/ Value-based
  2. Team-Oriented
  3. Participative
  4. Humane-Oriented
  5. Autonomous
  6. Self-Protective
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What are the characteristics of charismatic/value-based leadership?

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  • high standards, decisiveness and innovation
  • inspires people around a vision
  • generates a passion among members to perform, by holding on to core values
  • Latin America, Latin Europe, Nordic Europe and Anglo cluster
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What are the characteristics of team-oriented leadership?

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  • pride, loyalty
  • promotes collaboration among its members
  • values team cohesiveness and a common goal
  • Latin Europe, Latin America, Confucian Asia cluster
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What are the characteristics of participative leadership?

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  • equality and delegation of tasks
  • invites input from the other members
  • Nordic Europe, Anglo cluster
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What are the characteristics of humane-oriented leadership?

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  • compassion, generosity and supportiveness
  • concerned with others’ well being
  • Sub-Saharan, South Asia cluster
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What are the characteristics of autonomous leadership?

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  • independent, individualistic, self-centric
  • Eastern Europe, Germanic Europe
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What are the characteristics of self-protective leadership?

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  • strongly procedural, status-conscious and associated with face-saving behavior
  • the individual’s safety and security are priorities
  • Confucian Asia, Southern Asia, Middle East cluster
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Which countries focus on Humane Orientation?

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Ireland, Malaysia, Philippines

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