Exploring the Significance of Culture in Leadership

Abstract

A project team consisting of members from three different generations, four different religious traditions, and five different ethnic or cultural backgrounds. Colleagues who work on three different continents. Clients who are from a wide range of backgrounds including urban as well as rural settings, divergent socioeconomic backgrounds, distinct educational levels, a spectrum of political ideologies, and several different religions.

Cultural Competence in Healthcare Leadership Education and Development

“…Certainly, the approach of the NHSLA appears considerably closer to the culture and values end of the spectrum than that of 'fixing' a knowledge deficit; further, it can be inferred (but, we would argue, naturally follows) that the NHSLA approach is that knowledge of differences and cultures is not enough in itself to drive change, or at least not at a sufficient level or pace [13]. In other words, and put simply, 'teaching', including training, is not enough-there is a recognition and acknowledgement that there is a psycho-social, as well as pedagogic, dynamic at play and that this "is a lifelong process that is not accomplished through one workshop or crosscultural training" [11] (p. 43) [41]. So, the NHSLA does not, in its suite of the leadership programmes examined here, seek to teach or train 'cultural competence', but instead aims to diffuse the concepts through various-or possibly all, if a wide interpretation is applied to the concept of the leadership principles-aspects of its curriculum.…”

“…Each of these aspects has its own definitions and debates, with all adding to both the complexity and richness around these issues. Of particular relevance to this paper are the links to the domains of healthcare, where "cultural competence and cultural humility have been recommended as approaches to work with and serve diverse populations to address health disparities and increase health equity" [8] (p. 840); as well as connections to leadership, with the notion that intercultural competence can help leaders to overcome ethnocentrism [10] and generally improve leadership practice [11,12]. These ideas will run throughout this paper.…”

Smart tourism: the role and synergies of stakeholders

“…In addition, tourism destination management requires the involvement of stakeholders such as private companies, the government, the community and residents (Hidayah et al, 2022). Synergy between tourism stakeholders involves the necessary elements, benefits, product characteristics, operational approaches, resources and competitive capabilities to survive and thrive (Deardorff and Williams, 2006;Feyers et al, 2020;Ye et al, 2021).…”

Welche Maßnahmen helfen bei der beruflichen Integration von migrierten Ärzt:innen in Rehabilitationskliniken?

“…Ein kurzfristig nutzbares und ressourcenschonendes Instrument des interkulturellen Austauschs wäre das strukturierte Startgespräch, in dem Arbeitserfahrungen, Kompetenzen, Rollenmodelle und Kommunikationsstile ausgetauscht werden können. Interkulturelle Führung wird in der Literatur als besondere Herausforderung beschrieben [29]. Jedoch existiert wenig Wissen darüber, welche Bedeutung die interkulturelle Komponente bei der Führung hat.…”

“…Interkulturelle Führung wird in der Literatur als besondere Herausforderung beschrieben 29 . Jedoch existiert wenig Wissen darüber, welche Bedeutung die interkulturelle Komponente bei der Führung hat.…”