TY - JOUR AB - <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm -2.3pt 10pt 0cm; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Sylfaen, serif;">As globalisation continues at unprecedented rates, there are increasing cultural clashes which commonly result in unsuccessful international business assignments. This essay will discuss the importance of top management acknowledging that there are differences in cultures which need to be considered. Different cultures value certain leadership characteristics differently, which means managers and other business leaders, must not only acknowledge the different characteristics but also adopt these characteristics in order to successfully manage in that environment. Evidence will be used to support methods which leaders and managers can use to identify the type of culture they are going to be working with, and further evidence will be used to identify the different leadership styles preferred by different countries and hence different cultures. However due to the complexity of international business, managers and leaders cannot rely just on several methods of identifying cultures and tools to help guide their leadership styles because there is too much variation between multiple cultures. Instead a global mind set needs to be acquired and developed. A global mind set changes an individual’s perceptions not only about other cultures but also their own. Individuals become more open minded, and are able to adapt their understandings of business conduct to a local point of view, anywhere in the world. A global mind set ultimately increases individual’s capacity to successfully manage cross-cultural international business assignments.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> AU - Endrit Bajrami DA - 2010/12// DO - 10.5526/esj123 IS - 1 VL - 3 PB - University of Essex Library Services PY - 2010 TI - Culture & Leadership: How leadership impacts cross cultural management? T2 - Essex Student Journal UR - http://publications.essex.ac.uk/esj/article/id/179/ ER -