Title :
Characteristics and sources of leadership culture of entrepreneurs
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou
Abstract :
A study of comparison of leadership cultures of Chinese and German entrepreneurs was conducted. The result was compared with the results of the GLOBE leadership culture study and the Hofstedepsilas national culture study. The purpose of the comparison was to find out sources of the entrepreneurial leadership culture and their characteristics of Chinese and German. The analysis included three steps. First, the researcher used measurement equivalence test to ensure the comparability of Chinese and German samples. Second, the researcher used the mean structure model of SEM and explored leadership culture differences between China and Germany. Then at last, differences of the entrepreneurial leadership culture, the GLOBE leadership culture, and the Hofstedepsilas national culture in and across China and Germany were discussed. Two key sources of the entrepreneurial leadership culture were found: national culture value and group traits.
Keywords :
commerce; innovation management; social sciences; Chinese entrepreneurs; GLOBE leadership culture study; German entrepreneurs; Hofstede national culture study; SEM mean structure model; entrepreneurial leadership culture; group traits; measurement equivalence test; national culture value; Conference management; Energy management; Engineering management; Innovation management; Protection; Radar; Resource management; Stress; Testing; Uncertainty; cross-culture; entrepreneurial leadership; entrepreneurship; leadership culture;
Conference_Titel :
Management Science and Engineering, 2008. ICMSE 2008. 15th Annual Conference Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2387-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2388-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSE.2008.4669034
