Abstract
What makes great organizational leaders? This question has been asked by management thinkers, scholars, and practitioners from a multitude of countries and cultures. Developing Multicultural Leaders aims to answer this question using a multicultural approach and field research conducted in 12 countries.
I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names were What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.
—Rudyard Kipling
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Muna, F.A., Zennie, Z.A. (2010). Introduction. In: Developing Multicultural Leaders. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137104649_1
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