Being Inclusive Part 2: Practice of Culturally Contingent Leadership

Abstract

The following sections are included:Finding Common GroundSegment 1: Leadership and Worldview are Culturally ContingentIntroduction: Societal Culture as a Subtle and Pervasive ForceCulture and a Common World-ViewCulture and Leadership EffectivenessUnderstanding Cultural Differences: Dimensions of National CultureSegment 2: Intercultural Sensitivity and Intercultural CompetenceDealing with Difference: From Culture-Shock to Intercultural EffectivenessCulture Shock as a DiseaseCultural Shock as a Transitional ExperienceEmpathising with Culturally Diverse "Other"Journey from Ethnocentrism to EthnorelativismConclusion: Organisational Challenge in a Multicultural World