Rethinking Nordic leadership: Insights from the Nordic hospitality industry

IF 2.5 4区管理学 Q3 MANAGEMENT

Scandinavian Journal of Management Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-29 DOI:10.1016/j.scaman.2025.101430

Veera Emilia Haavisto , Tone Therese Linge , Huseyin Arasli

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Abstract

This qualitative study explores perceptions of central leadership values within the Nordic hotel industry, drawing on interviews with 30 managers and employees across the five Nordic countries. While identifying unique leadership values such as blending of professional and informal work relationships, conflict avoidance, and work-life balance, a potential conflict between the Nordic work-life values and operational demands of the hospitality industry was also found, particularly regarding the pursuit of work-life balance. By positioning the abstract and often idealized concept of “Nordic leadership” within the most researched leadership styles in contemporary hospitality research, the study extends our understanding of “Nordic leadership” within an industry-specific context and provides insights for future research on cross-cultural leadership.

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重新思考北欧领导力：来自北欧酒店业的见解

本定性研究探讨了对北欧酒店行业核心领导价值观的看法，并对北欧五个国家的30位经理和员工进行了访谈。虽然确定了独特的领导价值观，如专业和非正式工作关系的融合、避免冲突和工作与生活的平衡，但也发现了北欧工作与生活价值观与酒店业的运营需求之间的潜在冲突，特别是在追求工作与生活平衡方面。通过将“北欧领导”这一抽象且理想化的概念定位于当代酒店研究中研究最多的领导风格中，本研究扩展了我们在特定行业背景下对“北欧领导”的理解，并为未来跨文化领导的研究提供了见解。

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Scandinavian Journal of Management MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

4.00

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

71 days

期刊介绍： The Scandinavian Journal of Management (SJM) provides an international forum for innovative and carefully crafted research on different aspects of management. We promote dialogue and new thinking around theory and practice, based on conceptual creativity, reasoned reflexivity and contextual awareness. We have a passion for empirical inquiry. We promote constructive dialogue among researchers as well as between researchers and practitioners. We encourage new approaches to the study of management and we aim to foster new thinking around management theory and practice. We publish original empirical and theoretical material, which contributes to understanding management in private and public organizations. Full-length articles and book reviews form the core of the journal, but focused discussion-type texts (around 3.000-5.000 words), empirically or theoretically oriented, can also be considered for publication. The Scandinavian Journal of Management is open to different research approaches in terms of methodology and epistemology. We are open to different fields of management application, but narrow technical discussions relevant only to specific sub-fields will not be given priority.