%0 Generic %1 embrace %A Beek, Mikhail V. Grachev Maarten-van %D 2004 %K companies cross-cultural emerging leadership management markets multinational %T DARE TO EMBRACE DIFFERENCES: LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES FOR UNILEVER %U http://maartenvanbeek.com/MvB%20DARE%20TO%20EMBRACE%20DIFFERENCES%20(ENGLISH).doc %X This paper focuses on leadership competencies in multinational companies. It displays culture-contingent nature of effective leadership and reviews the lessons learned from Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) research that are applicable to the multinational companies. The authors analyze Unilever’s experience in building leadership competencies and the results of interviews with company managers in Russia. The authors discuss culture-specific adjustments to the process of building leadership competencies in the Russian subsidiary and summarize innovative solutions in leadership development for multinational companies.

@misc{embrace, abstract = {This paper focuses on leadership competencies in multinational companies. It displays culture-contingent nature of effective leadership and reviews the lessons learned from Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) research that are applicable to the multinational companies. The authors analyze Unilever’s experience in building leadership competencies and the results of interviews with company managers in Russia. The authors discuss culture-specific adjustments to the process of building leadership competencies in the Russian subsidiary and summarize innovative solutions in leadership development for multinational companies.}, added-at = {2010-03-04T15:18:17.000+0100}, author = {Beek, Mikhail V. Grachev Maarten-van}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c72159dc04a538c46280dd559b6f4fea/fsve}, interhash = {a7d17a5f68f9fa41cc86d5b046b10570}, intrahash = {c72159dc04a538c46280dd559b6f4fea}, keywords = {companies cross-cultural emerging leadership management markets multinational}, timestamp = {2010-03-04T15:18:17.000+0100}, title = {DARE TO EMBRACE DIFFERENCES: LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES FOR UNILEVER}, url = {http://maartenvanbeek.com/MvB%20DARE%20TO%20EMBRACE%20DIFFERENCES%20(ENGLISH).doc}, year = 2004 }