Perspectives on Global Leadership and the COVID19-Crisis. Scholarly Perspectives

Joyce Osland, Mark Mendenhall, Sebastian Reiche, Betina Szkudlarek, Richard Bolden, Polly Courtice, Vlad Vaiman, Rikke Kristine Nielsen, Lee Yih-Teen, Günter Stahl, Nakiye Boyaciguller, Tina Huesing, Christof Miska, Milda Zilinskaite, Allan Bird, Tim Soutphommasane, Thomas Maak, Nicola M. Pless, Tsedal Neeley, Orly LevyNancy Adler, Martha Maznevski

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Abstract

The Olympics of Everything has been cancelled, disrupted or even closed. At the same time, for a large group of managers, work life goes on under conditions close to business as usual: The global leaders. Now, however, these everyday working conditions of geographical dispersion, VUCA-environment and paradox coping have become common property of managers in general during the crisis. Even managers of small, local businesses are now experiencing and exercising “extreme leadership” – a term that has been used to characterize the job role of global leaders (Osland, Bird & Oddou, 2012, p. 107). While the interconnectedness of countries, businesses and people is not new per se, this point has been taken home and to the extreme in a new way and include new groups. This exemplifies that global leadership research and practical knowledge of global leadership is also relevant for non-global groups of businesses, managers and employees – in particular in times of crisis, but also more generally in times of “normal.”
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Global Leadership
EditorsJoyce S. Osland, Betina Szkudlarek, Mark E. Mendenhall, B. Sebastian Reiche
Volume13
PublisherEmerald Group Publishing
Publication date19 Oct 2020
Pages3-56
ISBN (Print)978-1-83909-593-1
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-83909-592-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Oct 2020
SeriesAdvances in Global Leadership/e-journal
ISSN1535-1203

Bibliographical note

"The Bat Effect: Global Leadership is Normal Leadership in Times of Crisis" is part of the chapter: "Perspectives on Global Leadership and the COVID-19 crisis".

Keywords

  • Covid-19
  • Crisis management
  • Global leadership
  • Complexity
  • uncertainty
  • Competing tensions

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