Leadership in a Diverse and Multicultural Environment : Developing Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills

Leadership in a Diverse and Multicultural Environment : Developing Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills

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“This is a well-written book. Quite simple and precise . . . The authors should be commended. This book deals with leadership from a very contemporary perspective that reflects the importance of multiculturalism.”
?Guo-Ming Chen, University of Rhode Island  

No matter how culturally different the person or group, there will be common-ground similarities and no matter how similar the person or group, there will be significant differences. Culture influences our thoughts, words, and actions in ways that are often unrecognized, leading to misunderstandings. Each misunderstanding can become very expensive, both in terms of missed opportunities and less effective business outcomes.  Leadership in a Multicultural Environment provides leaders with the tools necessary to effectively interact with all individuals.  

Although much of the research related to multiculturalism has focused on expatriates and international assignments, Leadership in a Multicultural Environment also focuses on leaders in domestic organizations, as they can benefit from developing their own multicultural awareness, knowledge, and skills. Effective leaders can shape the culture of their organization to be accepting of individuals from all races, ethnicities, religions, and genders with a minimum of misunderstandings.  

Leadership in a Multicultural Environment is well grounded in solid research, but written in an easy-to-comprehend style that:   

Provides a “culture centered” leadership perspective allowing organizational leaders the opportunity to attend to the influence of culture

Helps the reader find examples of how multicultural awareness can make their leadership task easier

Promotes an organizational culture that is more satisfying to both individuals and their leaders by embracing and celebrating differences.  

Leadership in a Multicultural Environment is an ideal supplemental text for undergraduate- or graduate-level international management, leadership, or diversity-related courses taught in the business curriculum.  It could also be used in leadership courses taught in education and communication departments. 

About the Author

Mary Connerley is Associate Professor, Department of Management, Pamplin College of Business,Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Before coming to Virginia Tech, Dr. Connerley worked for five years with the Executive Development Program at the University of Iowa where her responsibilities included evaluating the entire program for thoroughness and continuity and serving as liaison between executives and faculty. Dr. Connerley has taught courses at the undergraduate, MBA, and doctoral levels, including Principles of Management, Human Resource Management, Staffing, Training and Development, and Managing Diversity in the Workplace. She has also been involved as a Management and Professional Development Program Facilitator. Her most recent programs have dealt with acquiring and keeping good employees and managing a multi-generational workforce.

Dr. Connerley has been an active researcher and has published articles in journals such as Personnel Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Human Relations, as well as others. Her current research interests include various aspects of the staffing process, performance evaluation, and diversity. Honors for Dr. Connerley include being selected as a Multicultural Fellow at Virginia Tech, receiving a Pamplin College of Business Teaching Excellence Award, and receiving two Citations of Excellence for her research.

Paul Pedersen is Paul Pedersen is currently Professor Emeritus in Counseling and Human Services at Syracuse University and Visiting Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii.

He is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association Division 7 (counseling), 9 (social issues) 45 (ethnic minorities) and 52 (international).

He has published 40 books, 71 chapters and 94 articles on aspects of multicultural counseling, international psychology and related topics, including:

Pedersen, P., Draguns J.G., Lonner W., & Trimble J. (2002) Counseling across cultures: Fifth edition, Thousand Oaks, CA, SAGE, Pedersen, P. (1999) Hidden messages in culture-centered counseling: A Triad Training Model, Thousand Oaks, Ca.: SAGE.

Pedersen, P. (1997). Culture-centered counseling interventions: Striving for accuracy. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE.

Pedersen, P. & Hernandez, D. (1997). Decisional interviewing in a cultural context: Structured exercises. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Jandt, F. & Pedersen, P. (1996). Constructive conflict management: Asian and Pacific cases. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Pedersen, P. , Draguns, J., Lonner, W., & Trimble, J. (1996). Counseling across cultures: Fourth edition. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE.

Ponterotto, J.G. & Pedersen, P.B. (1993). Prejudice prevention: A developmental counseling perspective. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

Pedersen, P., Marsella, A., & Sartorius, N. (Eds.). (1984). Mental health services: The cross cultural context. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.

He has been a Senior Fellow at the East West Center for six years and a Senior Fulbright Scholar at National Taiwan University for one year.

Leadership in a Diverse and Multicultural Environment : Developing Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills,Mary L. Connerley,Paul B. (Bodholdt) Pedersen,Sage Publications, Inc,0761988602,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Diversity in the workplace,Executives,Leadership,Organizational Behavior,Training of,United States,Workplace Culture,Business & Economics / Organizational Behavior,Management & management techniques

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