A S L 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Hubris, Strategic Management, Bounded Rationality
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98% come from the us; therefore they might not be applicable globally: examples: impact of charismatic leadership is stronger in us than in mexico/ relationship between extraversion and transformational leadership cannot be established in china. People will select information and interpret it based on their idiosyncratic situations. These can be studied via demographical data, while psychological aspects cannot be measured directly by demographic data. There might be significantly different orientations in different cultures. Upper echelons theory may overestimate the active role of people during the interactive process between people and the environment, this neglecting the fact that people are often influenced by environmental factors, such as culture. Culture influences leadership effectiveness through: observable experiences, personalities, values, cognitive style, leadership behaviors, observable experiences, proxied by demographic variables, age and length of tenure can affect an executive"s attitude and behaviors. Longer tenure can evoke a negative attitude towards change, but can also create more experience.
