DEVELOPING PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUPERVISORS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Abstract

This work investigates leadership concept in the settings of international organizations. Twenty-two semi-structured interviews with supervisors, four focus group sessions with participation of 22 staffs and four non-participant observations with a three-day working schedule was conducted in the World Trade Organization, the International Trade Centre, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the World Health Organization, in Geneva-Switzerland. Regarding leadership concept, a combination of the GLOBE study, the Implicit Leadership Theory and Schein’s leadership approaches, was implemented for the first time in the existing literature in the context of international organizations. Finally, this research brought some practical recommendations for each of the separate International Organizations

Keywords

• International Management,Leadership,International Organizations

ULUSLARARASI ORGANİZASYON YÖNETİCİLERİ İÇİN BAZI PRATİK ÖNERİLER

Öz

This work investigates leadership concept in the settings of international organizations. Twenty-two semi-structured interviews with supervisors, four focus group sessions with participation of 22 staffs and four non-participant observations with a three-day working schedule was conducted in the World Trade Organization, the International Trade Centre, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the World Health Organization, in Geneva-Switzerland. Regarding leadership concept, a combination of the GLOBE study, the Implicit Leadership Theory and Schein’s leadership approaches, was implemented for the first time in the existing literature. Finally, this research brought some practical recommendations for each of the separate International Organizations.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Uluslararası Yönetim,Liderlik,Uluslararası Organizasyonlar

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