Senior expatriate leadership's effects on innovation and the role of cultural intelligence

We propose that senior expatriates’ visionary–transformational leadership influences the rate of innovation adoption in the organizations or units they head, but cultural intelligence moderates this relationship. Our hypotheses were tested with data from 153 senior expatriate managers and 695 subord...

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Published inJournal of world business : JWB Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 357 - 369
Main Authors Elenkov, Detelin S., Manev, Ivan M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Greenwich Elsevier Inc 01.10.2009
Elsevier
Elsevier Science Ltd
SeriesJournal of World Business
Subjects
Business management
Business practices
Business studies
Correlation analysis
Cultural intelligence
Culture
Expatriates
Innovation
Innovations
Intelligence
Leadership
Management theory
Product management
Senior expatriates
Senior expatriates Leadership Innovation Cultural intelligence
Senior management
Studies
Europe
Leadership
Innovation
Cultural intelligence
Senior expatriates
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Summary:We propose that senior expatriates’ visionary–transformational leadership influences the rate of innovation adoption in the organizations or units they head, but cultural intelligence moderates this relationship. Our hypotheses were tested with data from 153 senior expatriate managers and 695 subordinates from companies in all 27 countries of the European Union. We found a direct influence of senior expatriates’ visionary–transformational leadership on the rate of innovation adoption. Cultural intelligence moderates the effect of senior expatriates’ leadership on organizational innovation, but not on product-market innovation. Implications for academic research and business practice are discussed.
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ISSN:1090-9516
1878-5573
DOI:10.1016/j.jwb.2008.11.001