Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies articles from January 2003

Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies archives from January 2003

Editorial comments Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies--Special Issue, "Leadership in Diverse Societies".
January 1, 2003... Today, leadership holds different meanings in different social and cultural contexts. How leadership is defined, practiced, and accepted in Japan looks significantly different in South Africa. In some cultures, there is not a word for...

An interview with Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland.(Interview)
January 1, 2003... Mary Robinson became High Commissioner for Human Rights on September 12, 1997, following her nomination to the post by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the endorsement of the General Assembly. Mrs. Robinson was the first woman...

Leadership and the glass ceiling: gender and ethnic group influences on leader behaviors at middle and executive managerial levels.( )
January 1, 2003... This study investigated influences of gender and ethnic group through the perspective of four leader behaviors deemed important by top managers and exhibited by 658 middle managers and executives in a large professional services business...

Leadership across cultures: attachment style influences.
January 1, 2003... As organizations are challenged to global leadership competence and to manage increasing diversity, it is critical to select and develop effective cross-cultural leaders. Technical competence and organizational experience are inadequate...

African-American female college presidents: self conceptions of leadership.
January 1, 2003... This paper explores how the interaction of race and gender influences African-American female college presidents' origins and conceptions of leadership. Traditional leadership literature focuses on males as the informants about leadership. In...

The rhetoric of women's leadership: language, memory and imagination.
January 1, 2003... This study examines women's leadership through a rhetorical lens. Thirty women leaders in church, business, and higher education were interviewed with an eye toward discovering ways in which their use of language shapes and is shaped by their...

Cultural and leadership similarities and variations in the southern part of the European Union.(results from the Global Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness research project)
January 1, 2003... This paper examines the similarities and differences in cultural (societal and organizational) and leadership aspects in the southern part of the European Union. The study is based on data from the GLOBE project for five countries (Greece,...

Out of role? Out of luck: the influence of race and leadership status on performance appraisals.
January 1, 2003... Although the American workforce is becoming more diverse, Black managers continue to face obstacles to success. One of the greatest challenges facing Black leaders is aversive racism, a subtle but insidious form of prejudice that emerges when...

An interview with Ambassador James A. Joseph.(Interview)
January 1, 2003... James A. Joseph, the former U.S. ambassador to South Africa, is now helping emerging leaders in southern Africa through a joint appointment at Duke University and the University of Cape Town. At Duke he is Professor of the Practice of Public...