Abstract
Presents an investigation of how host country national subordinates perceive the leadership behaviour of their expatriate bosses in foreign assignments. From a sample of 240 middle managers in Hong Kong with experience of both local Chinese bosses and expatriate bosses from a broad spectrum of Western and Asian countries, finds that the subordinate managers assessed the leadership behaviour of their expatriate bosses to be significantly different from that of their Hong Kong Chinese bosses. US bosses were perceived as the most different and Japanese bosses, as well as bosses from other Asian countries, were seen as the least different, while British bosses and bosses from other Western countries constituted a middle group. Discusses the implications of these findings for international business and future academic research.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 13-22 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Leadership & Organization Development Journal |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 1997 |
Externally published | Yes |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
User-Defined Keywords
- Expatriates
- Hong Kong
- Leadership
- Management styles
- National cultures