A.I.M. - a Cultural Contingency Approach to Situational Leadership
Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 2 2. HERSEY’S AND BLANCHARD’S SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP MODEL ........... 3 3. SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP & HOFSTEDE’S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS ........ 4
A.I.M.
A Cultural Contingency Approach to Situational Leadership
3.1. Power Distance...............................................................................................................4 3.2. Individualism .................................................................................................................8 3.3. Uncertainty Avoidance ................................................................................................ 11 3.4. Masculinity & Femininity............................................................................................ 14 4. SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP & TROMPENAAR’S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS 17 4.1. Specific vs. Diffuse ....................................................................................................... 17 4.2. Internal vs. External Locus of Control ....................................................................... 21 4.3. Sequential vs. Synchronous Time Orientation ........................................................... 24 4.4. Humane Orientation .................................................................................................... 27 4.5. Universalism and Particularism.................................................................................. 30 4.6. Neutral and Affective ................................................................................................... 32 4.7. Achievement and Ascription ....................................................................................... 34 5. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................... 36 6. REFERENCES
1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 2 2. HERSEY’S AND BLANCHARD’S SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP MODEL ........... 3 3. SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP & HOFSTEDE’S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS ........ 4
A.I.M.
A Cultural Contingency Approach to Situational Leadership
3.1. Power Distance...............................................................................................................4 3.2. Individualism .................................................................................................................8 3.3. Uncertainty Avoidance ................................................................................................ 11 3.4. Masculinity & Femininity............................................................................................ 14 4. SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP & TROMPENAAR’S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS 17 4.1. Specific vs. Diffuse ....................................................................................................... 17 4.2. Internal vs. External Locus of Control ....................................................................... 21 4.3. Sequential vs. Synchronous Time Orientation ........................................................... 24 4.4. Humane Orientation .................................................................................................... 27 4.5. Universalism and Particularism.................................................................................. 30 4.6. Neutral and Affective ................................................................................................... 32 4.7. Achievement and Ascription ....................................................................................... 34 5. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................... 36 6. REFERENCES
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