EXPLORING A REAL MANAGER’S APPROACH WITH A GLOBAL LEADERSHIP LENS

Publication Date

4-3-2025

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Advances in Global Leadership

Volume

16

DOI

10.1108/S1535-120320250000016026

First Page

229

Last Page

236

Abstract

This piece discusses the intersection of global leadership (GL) research and real managers and observational approaches to highlight connections among the disciplines. I first review the historical and more recent observational findings of both global and US-based leaders and managers. I note how publishing patterns inthe GL field coincide with some findings from real managers’ work in the areas of human resources and communication and disconnections from other important findings on networking and traditional managerial approaches. I discuss the contributions from such research that could extend current GL work and how GL researchers might adopt such approaches to focus on the foundational behaviors of those working in global contexts. I also highlight the important concepts from global research that could be applied to observational and real managers approaches, regardless of the setting. Finally, I end with recommendations for mutual linkages that could advance research in both fields. I also include implications for future practice and research.

Keywords

Global leadership, leader behaviors, observational research, publishing patterns, qualitative research, real managers

Department

Management

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