Title: Practical wisdom and the development of cross-cultural knowledge management: a global leadership perspective

Authors: David J. Pauleen, David Rooney, Nigel J. Holden

Addresses: Department of Management, Massey University, Private Bag 102904, Auckland 0745, New Zealand. ' The University of Queensland Business School, The University of Queensland – Ipswich, 11 Salisbury Rd, Ipswich Q 4305, Queensland, Australia. ' Department of Strategy and Innovation, Greenbank Building, Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK

Abstract: This paper responds to calls for pragmatic context-dependent cross-cultural scholarship. Specifically, with regard to global organisations, we attempt to reconcile the imbalance between global and local concerns by proposing a framework that merges a new understanding of culture with a classical leadership approach. The objective is to achieve more effective cross-cultural practice. The article makes the case for an appreciation of what we call |cross-cultural knowledge management| and the role of wisdom in global business leadership in a modern culturally diverse knowledge economy.

Keywords: cross-cultural KM; knowledge management; globalisation; wisdom; business leadership; culture.

DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2010.033608

European Journal of International Management, 2010 Vol.4 No.4, pp.382 - 395

Published online: 07 Jun 2010 *

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