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Leadership Style of Indian Women in the Context of the GLOBE Cultural Framework

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Entrepreneurship is essentially a leadership activity—the entrepreneur creates an organization or business that is in many ways a reflection of the personality, attitude, activities, and characteristics of the individual who founded it. This chapter draws upon the cultural framework of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) study on leadership characteristics at the macro level, and analyzes the emerging phenomenon of Indian women entrepreneurs with a view to understanding what leadership characteristics are embodied and expressed by them at a micro level.

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  1. College of Business and Public Management, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA, 91750, USA

    Louise Kelly

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Kelly, L. (2016). Leadership Style of Indian Women in the Context of the GLOBE Cultural Framework. In: Kumar, P. (eds) Indian Women as Entrepreneurs. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60259-6_6

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