Leading with Virtue in the VUCA World
ISBN: 978-1-78635-138-8, eISBN: 978-1-78635-137-1
Publication date: 9 August 2016
Abstract
In this increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) global business environment, we believe that taking a virtue-based approach to leadership is key to organizational excellence. Based on a review of the recent literature on global leadership as it relates to organizational virtuousness, we propose a framework to develop leadership virtues in global organizations. We assert that developing virtuous global leaders who can practice and support others to demonstrate the seven virtues of wisdom, temperance, courage, hope, trust, justice, and compassion will help create a more aligned and clear workforce, guide ethical behaviors, and manage cultural differences when growing through mergers and acquisitions across the borders.
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Citation
Ko, I. and Rea, P. (2016), "Leading with Virtue in the VUCA World", Advances in Global Leadership (Advances in Global Leadership, Vol. 9), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 375-397. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1535-120320160000009011
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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