KÜLTÜREL ZEKÂNIN KÜLTÜRLERARASI LİDERLİK ETKİNLİĞİ ÜZERİNDEKİ ROLÜ: KONAKLAMA İŞLETMELERİNDE NİTEL BİR ARAŞTIRMA/ THE ROLE OF CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE IN CROSS-CULTURAL LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

Year 2014, Volume: 9 Issue: 35, 6099 - 6108, 01.06.2014

Asli Ersoy

https://doi.org/10.19168/jyu.83730

Cited By: 10

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to examine the role of cultural intelligence in cross-cultural leadership effectiveness. Derived from information and insights gathered through a series of in-depth interviews with 6 Western expatriate managers and 13 local Turkish managers who represent top and middle-level executives working in a five star hotel operating in Istanbul region. In order to determine the impact of cultural intelligence, ethnographic analysis was used in this research. This study confirms that expatriate leaders’ CQ positively impacts their cross-cultural leadership effectiveness. Implications for cultural intelligence theory, future research directions and management practice are discussed

Keywords

Cultural intelligence, Cross-cultural leadership, Leadership effectiveness, Turkey

Kültürel Zekânın Kültürlerarası Liderlik Etkinliği Üzerindeki Rolü: Konaklama İşletmelerinde Nitel Bir Araştırma

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın temel amacı kültürel zekânın kültürlerarası liderlik etkinliği üzerindeki rolünü belirlemektir. Araştırma verileri Istanbul bölgesinde faaliyet gösteren beş yıldızlı konaklama işletmelerinde görev yapan 6 yabancı genel müdür ve orta ve üst düzey yönetici pozisyonunda görev yapan 13 yerli Türk müdürlerden toplanmıştır. Bu araştırmada kültürel zekânın etkisini belirlemek amacıyla kültürel analiz kullanılmıştır. Bu çalışma yabancı yöneticilerin kültürel zekâsının kültürlerarası liderlik etkinliğini olumlu yönde etkilediğini göstermektedir. Yönetim uygulamaları tartışılmış, gelecekte yapılacak olan araştırmalar ve kültürel zekâ teorisi hakkında tavsiyeler verilmiştir

Keywords

Kültürel zekâ, Kültürlerarası liderlik, Liderlik etkinliği, Türkiye

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