Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership

Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership
Edited by
Eric H. Kessler - Pace University, New York, USA
and
Diana J. Wong-MingJi - Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, USA

Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, USA, 2007
410 pages
7,5 Mb

This ground-breaking book explains how deep-seated cultural mythologies shape contemporary global leaders and provides insights into navigating the dynamics and complexities in today's era of globalization. The authors use myths to uncover core characteristics and values from 20 different cultural contexts spanning all major regions of the world - the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and Asia and the Pacific Rim - that have evolved over generations and continue to shape global leadership models.

Contents:

Introduction to cultural mythology and global leadership - Eric H. Kessler and Diana J. Wong-MingJi

PART I THE AMERICAS
1. Cultural mythology and global leadership in the United States - Eric H. Kessler
2. Cultural mythology and global leadership in Canada - Nina D. Cole and Rhona G. Berengut
3. Cultural mythology and global leadership in the Caribbean islands - Betty Jane Punnett and Dion Greenidge
4. Cultural mythology and global leadership in Argentina - Patricia Friedrich, Andrés Hatum and Luiz Mesquita
5. Cultural mythology and global leadership in Brazil - Adriana V. Garibaldi de Hilal

PART II EUROPE
6. Cultural mythology and global leadership in Greece - Theodore Peridis
7. Cultural mythology and global leadership in Germany - Sonja A. Sackmann
8. Cultural mythology and global leadership in England - Romie Frederick Littrell
9. Cultural mythology and global leadership in Sweden - Lena Zander and Udo Zander
10. Cultural mythology and global leadership in Poland - Christopher Ziemnowicz and John Spillan

PART III AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
11. Cultural mythology and global leadership in South Africa - David N. Abdulai
12. Cultural mythology and global leadership in Kenya - Fred O. Walumbwa and George O. Ndege
13. Cultural mythology and global leadership in Iran - Afsaneh Nahavandi
14. Cultural mythology and global leadership in Egypt - Mohamed M. Mostafa and Diana J. Wong-MingJi
15. Cultural mythology and global leadership in Israel - Shay S. Tzafrir, Aviv Barhom-Kidron and Yehuda Baruch

PART IV ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RIM
16. Cultural mythology and global leadership in China - Diana J. Wong-MingJi
17. Cultural mythology and global leadership in India - Shanthi Gopalakrishnan and Rajender Kaur
18. Cultural mythology and global leadership in Russia - Stanislav V. Shekshnia, Sheila M. Puffer and Daniel J. McCarthy
19. Cultural mythology and global leadership in Japan - Tomoatsu Shibata and Mitsuru Kodama
20. Cultural mythology and global leadership in Australia - David Lamond