Our query into “what is leadership” can be traced back to Galton (1869) in his book, Hereditary Genius . Leadership, as a unique characteristic of extraordinary individual leaders, has dominated leadership research up until the early 1950s and was then followed by the rise of behavioral...

Adapting to, creating, and managing change has become an unavoidable and even central part in today's organizations ( Griffin, Neal, & Parker, 2007 ). At the external level, organizations are constantly seeking opportunities to identify and anticipate clients' needs, switch or expand into new...

Our passion for global management has remained steadfast. In this volume, questions about global mindset, cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As), and leadership for global virtual teams at the time of financial crisis have been asked and some answers given.

Hogan and Benson's chapter in this volume used the CEO of both Nissan and Renault Ghosn, who was born in Brazil with Lebanese heritage, educated in France, worked in the U.S., and then resurrected a major Japanese firm, as an example to support the view that the principles of leadership are...

The first section of this volume deals with leadership qualities in the global environment. In particular, we are pleased to have scholars share their leading-edge research in terms of the following leadership characteristics and qualities: personality, competency, the ability to scan...

Purpose – The purpose of this study was to explore Chinese consumers’ motivations for purchasing luxury products, and to unravel the interrelationships among individual differences, motives, and luxury consumption. Methodology – Data were collected from general consumers living in a large...

Based on their monthly holdings of corporate bonds, we provide the first empirical analysis of the trades by corporate bond mutual funds around earnings announcements. Funds specializing in high-yield (HY) bonds exhibit the ability to predict earnings surprises and adjust holdings accordingly,...

Limit distribution theory in the econometric literature for functional coefficient cointegrating regression is incorrect in important ways, influencing rates of convergence, distributional properties, and practical work. The correct limit theory reveals that components from both bias and...

Soil microbes are subject to stoichiometric imbalances, which are the dissimilarities in elemental stoichiometry between microbial biomass and resources. Shifts in dominant plant species co-occur with unparallel changes in the stoichiometry of soil microbial biomass and resources, leading to...

To rapidly rehabilitate mangrove forests, exotic mangrove species featured by high growth rates have been introduced in China, which would undoubtedly affect the nutrient status, nutrient acquisition and utilization strategies of mangrove plants but the mechanism remain unclear. Qi'ao island...