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By Being Authentic, You May Just Be Conforming

Harvard Business Review

And the comparisons don’t stop there — news reports consistently label Jun’s leadership style as imposture. Geert Hofstede, the author of the pioneering book Culture’s Consequences , makes that point when he talks about how his Dutch modesty failed to win him the job he wanted with an American firm.)

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How Nationality Affects What We Think Good Leaders Look Like

The Horizons Tracker

Dutch social scientist Geert Hofstede famously developed the Power Dimension Index, which compares a number of characteristics that allows us to compare different cultures. Hofstede argued that these cultural differences can explain around half of the differences observed in how we react to various situations as managers.