TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Ambidextrous Leadership on the Internationalization of Emerging-Market Firms
T2 - The Case of India
AU - Chebbi, Hela
AU - Yahiaoui, Dorra
AU - Vrontis, Demetris
AU - Thrassou, Alkis
PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - Ambidextrous leadership is a key factor in the success of emerging market firms’ venturing into advanced economies. Although the definition of ambidextrous leadership is universal, its operationalization is culturally contingent. This conceptual paper examines Indian companies, increasingly recognized for their ambidexterity, and aims to explain this phenomenon by using Indian cultural dimensions. Five propositions relating to charisma, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, individualized consideration, and Indian ambidextrous leadership are developed. We show that the seven cultural variables characterizing Indian ambidextrous leadership (nurturant, personal touch, expertise, simple living and high thinking, loyalty, self-sacrifice, and the giving model of motivation) reinforce the recent successful internationalization by Indian companies.
AB - Ambidextrous leadership is a key factor in the success of emerging market firms’ venturing into advanced economies. Although the definition of ambidextrous leadership is universal, its operationalization is culturally contingent. This conceptual paper examines Indian companies, increasingly recognized for their ambidexterity, and aims to explain this phenomenon by using Indian cultural dimensions. Five propositions relating to charisma, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, individualized consideration, and Indian ambidextrous leadership are developed. We show that the seven cultural variables characterizing Indian ambidextrous leadership (nurturant, personal touch, expertise, simple living and high thinking, loyalty, self-sacrifice, and the giving model of motivation) reinforce the recent successful internationalization by Indian companies.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85005868606&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/tie.21882
DO - 10.1002/tie.21882
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85005868606
SN - 1096-4762
VL - 59
SP - 421
EP - 436
JO - Thunderbird International Business Review
JF - Thunderbird International Business Review
IS - 3
ER -