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Reinforcing “We”: Organizational Identity Custodianship in Global Leaders' Boundary-spanning

Heather Swenddal (Nichols College, USA)

Mathews Nkhoma (RMIT University, Vietnam)

Sarah Gumbley (RMIT University, Vietnam)

Advances in Global Leadership

ISBN: 978-1-80071-838-8, eISBN: 978-1-80071-837-1

Publication date: 26 January 2022

Abstract

While the competencies required for global leaders' boundary-spanning have been significantly explored in literature, less attention has been paid to the processes involved in this work. This chapter examines global leaders' boundary-spanning actions, highlighting the need for leadership practices that enhance team cohesion and reinforce an organization's identity to global members. We introduce the organizational-theory concept of identity custodianship and demonstrate its use for understanding the social processes involved in global leaders' boundary-spanning.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Sebastian Reiche and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this chapter.

Citation

Swenddal, H., Nkhoma, M. and Gumbley, S. (2022), "Reinforcing “We”: Organizational Identity Custodianship in Global Leaders' Boundary-spanning", Osland, J.S., Reiche, B.S., Szkudlarek, B. and Mendenhall, M.E. (Ed.) Advances in Global Leadership (Advances in Global Leadership, Vol. 14), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 125-140. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1535-120320220000014006

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Emerald Publishing Limited