Preferred leadership behaviours: exploratory results from Romania, Germany, and the UK

Littrell, Romie Frederick; Valentin, Lapadus Nicolae

doi:10.1108/02621710510598445

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“…Surprisingly, these findings do not support the general cultural attitude of Germans, who should display moderate to high uncertainty avoidance (Littrell and Valentin, 2005). Schneider and Littrell (2003, p. 135) state: "German management is often described as having a higher degree of risk aversion; the Ger-mans are rather unwilling to take a risk and go on an uncertain venture [...]."…”

Section: Chapter Four -Findings Of Interviewsmentioning

confidence: 75%

“…Recent studies support the differences in power distance, individualism and uncertainty avoidance (Littrell and Valentin, 2005). Germans need to avoid uncertainty and tend to have everything under control using solid structures, the so-called 'Ordnung' (Littrell and Valentin, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Research by Hofstede shows that leadership styles vary in the UK and Germany (Littrell and Valentin, 2005). Germany has a moderate individualism (IDV) score of 67 points, the power distance is low with 35 but it has a moderate intention on uncertainty avoidance with 65 points (Littrell and Valentin, 2005, p. 426).…”

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Development of a risk-oriented strategic sourcing (ROSS) framework for the construction and electronics manufacturing industries

Kotula¹,

2014

Supply Management Research

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Strategic sourcing has increased in importance in recent years, and now plays an important role in companies' planning. The current volatility in supply markets means companies face multiple challenges involving lock-in situations, supplier bankruptcies or supply security issues. In addition, their exposure can increase due to natural disasters, as witnessed recently in the form of bird flu, volcanic ash and tsunamis. Therefore, the primary focus of this study is risk management in the context of strategic sourcing.The study presents a literature review on sourcing based on the 15 years from 1998-2012, and considers 131 academic articles. The literature describes strategic sourcing as a strategic, holistic process in managing supplier relationships, with a long-term focus on adding value to the company and realising competitive advantage. Few studies discovered the real risk impact and status of risk management in strategic sourcing, and evaluation across countries and industries was limited, with the construction sector particularly under-researched.This methodology is founded on a qualitative study of twenty cases across Germany and the United Kingdom from the construction sector and electronics manufacturing industries. While considering risk management in the context of strategic sourcing, the thesis takes into account six dimensions that cover trends in strategic sourcing, theoretical and practical sourcing models, risk management, supply and demand management, critical success factors and the strategic supplier evaluation.The study contributes in several ways. First, recent trends are traced and future needs identified across the research dimensions of countries, industries and companies. Second, it evaluates critical success factors in contemporary strategic sourcing. Third, it explores the application of theoretical and practical sourcing models in terms of effectiveness and sustainability. Fourth, based on the case study findings, a risk-oriented strategic sourcing framework and a model for strategic sourcing are developed. These are based on the validation of contemporary requirements and a critical evaluation of the existing situation. It contemplates the empirical findings and leads to a structured process to manage risk in strategic sourcing. The risk-oriented framework considers areas such as trends, corporate and sourcing strategy, critical success factors, strategic supplier selection criteria, risk assessment, reporting, strategy alignment and reporting. The proposed model highlights the essential dimensions in strategic sourcing and guides us to a new definition of strategic sourcing supported by this empirical study.

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2014

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“…This dimension is given very low priority in Iceland. One might attempt to explain the results by by Iceland's Short-Term Orientation, however such an argument is nonwithstanding, as Lithuania, being also (Snaebjornsson, 2016;Littrell & Valentin, 2005). a Short-Term Orientation country (Snaebjornsson, 2016), gives much higher preference to this factor 6.…”

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“…This study is and expansion of the Global Preferred Leader Behaviour and Culture project (Littrell, 2013) focusing on northern and eastern European societies (see Littrell and Valentin, 2005). Two-country studies provide useful advancement of knowledge and in fact this is the most common design in cross-cultural research (Nath, 1968; Chidlow, Pervez, Ghauri, Yeniyurt & Cavusgil, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%