What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211220.074How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Cultural Background; Power Distances; Hofstede; The east and the west

Abstract

Leadership is recognized as an important function of management in the world, but its definition is various in different cultural backgrounds. These differences can be reflected in power distance latitude, individuality, uncertainty avoidance, and so on. This paper will discuss the different ways of leadership in different regions and cultural backgrounds through examples from several countries. Under the framework proposed by Greet Hofstede, the article takes China, South Korea, the United States, and France as examples to discuss the different power distances between the West and the East. Power distance represents the assumption and acceptance of an unfair proportion of power, resources, and privilege among social members. By analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of leadership in these different backgrounds, this paper puts forward some ideas about leadership and management, which are suitable for the international situation of cultural integration.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaotian Guo
AU  - Jinghan Liu
AU  - Minghe Wang
AU  - Yu Liao
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 428
EP  - 431
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.074
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.074
ID  - Guo2021
ER  -