Title: Organisational change under transcultural project leadership: developing a survey instrument

Authors: Victor Sohmen, David Parker, George Downie

Addresses: The University of Queensland, School of Business, Economics, and Law, Brisbane, Australia 4072. ' The University of Queensland, School of Business, Economics, and Law, Brisbane, Australia 4072. ' University of East London, The Business School, London E16 2RD, UK

Abstract: This research seeks to develop a theoretical model of transcultural project leadership (TPL) based on a conceptual framework crafted from the literature and populated and progressively validated by primary data drawn from international project practitioners. A composite multifactor leadership questionnaire (MLQ)-TPL survey instrument was developed with a view to: conducting an international quantitative survey across industries, countries and project sizes; contributing to the literature on organisational leadership, project management and cross-cultural management; informing best practice among project practitioners; aiding the selection, deployment and evaluation of international project managers and developing a theory of transcultural project leadership to facilitate greater understanding of HR issues when undertaking organisational change.

Keywords: organisational change; project management; transcultural project leadership; cross-cultural management international management; international project managers; selection; deployment; evaluation; human resources development; HRD.

DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2008.019696

European Journal of International Management, 2008 Vol.2 No.3, pp.250 - 268

Published online: 22 Jul 2008 *

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