ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND AUTHORITY RELATIONS ACROSS CULTURES: BEYOND DIVERGENCE AND CONVERGENCE

Abstract

This article examines the interaction between Western leadership and authority practices and those of a non‐Western culture in their managerial and organizational contexts. Specifically, it examines the mechanism for organizational commitment through the use of a non‐Western authority relationship in a Western organization situated in a non‐Western culture. Data concerning the experience of an organizational change in a non‐Western cultural context fail to confirm some of the ideas advanced in the divergence and convergence thesis. An alternative framework for conceptualizing the process of interaction and outcome of organizational development in situations of cross‐cultural transfer and application of management practices is proposed.

Citation

Ogbor, J.O. (2000), "ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND AUTHORITY RELATIONS ACROSS CULTURES: BEYOND DIVERGENCE AND CONVERGENCE", International Journal of Commerce and Management, Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 48-73. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb047396