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Cosmopolitanism (2024)
Book Chapter
Levy, O., & Lee, H.-J. (2024). Cosmopolitanism. In C. G. Asmussen, N. Hashai, & D. Minbaeva (Eds.), Encyclopaedia of International Strategic Management (37-39). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800884045.ch11

Cosmopolitanism is a complex, multilevel, and multi-layered phenomenon manifested in a variety of social spheres. A vast body of literature on cosmopolitanism spans multiple disciplines (e.g., sociology, anthropology, political science, philosophy, m... Read More about Cosmopolitanism.

Cultural Intelligence, Global Mindset, and Cosmopolitanism: A Tale of Three Constructs (2023)
Book Chapter
Lee, H.-J., & Levy, O. (2023). Cultural Intelligence, Global Mindset, and Cosmopolitanism: A Tale of Three Constructs. In D. Thomas, & L. Yuan (Echo) (Eds.), Handbook of Cultural Intelligence Research (12-26). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800887169.00010

Over the past two decades, much of the discussion on cross-cultural capabilities has been dominated by three central constructs: Cultural intelligence, global mindset, and cosmopolitanism. Anchored in distinct disciplinary discourses, these construct... Read More about Cultural Intelligence, Global Mindset, and Cosmopolitanism: A Tale of Three Constructs.

Reflections From Advances in Global Leadership's Emerald Literati Award Winners (2023)
Journal Article
Osland, J., Levy, O., Peiperl, M., Huesing, T., Ludema, J., Nelson, J., Gyamfi, N., Lee, Y.-T., Adler, N., Bolden, R., Lyndgaard, D. B., Nielsen, R., Ruiz, L., Žilinskaitė, M., & Miska, C. (2023). Reflections From Advances in Global Leadership's Emerald Literati Award Winners. Advances in global leadership, 15, 181-213. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1535-120320230000015006

The book/journal editors of Emerald Publishing are asked to select the Outstanding Author Contribution in each volume, which is a difficult choice. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Emerald Literati Awards were handed out in a ceremony at the Academy... Read More about Reflections From Advances in Global Leadership's Emerald Literati Award Winners.

Secrecy in practice: How middle managers promote strategic initiatives behind the scenes (2021)
Journal Article
Toegel, I., Levy, O., & Jonsen, K. (2022). Secrecy in practice: How middle managers promote strategic initiatives behind the scenes. Organization Studies, 43(6), 885-906. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840621998563

In this study, we focus on secrecy within organizations and examine why and how middle managers use secrecy to explore and promote strategic initiatives. We conceptualize secrecy as a dynamic social process that unfolds in the political arena and is... Read More about Secrecy in practice: How middle managers promote strategic initiatives behind the scenes.

Perspectives on global leadership and the Covid-19 crisis (2021)
Journal Article
Osland, J., Mendenhall, M. E., Reiche, B. S., Szkudlarek, B., Bolden, R., Courtice, P., Vaiman, V., Vaiman, M., Lyndgaard, D. B., Nielsen, K., Terrell, S., Taylor, S., Lee, Y.-T., Stahl, G. K., Boyaçigiller, N. A., Huesing, T., Miska, C., Zilinskaite, M., Ruiz, L., Shi, H., …Maznevski, M. (2021). Perspectives on global leadership and the Covid-19 crisis. Advances in global leadership, 13, 3-56. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1535-120320200000013001

As the world struggled to come to grips with the Covid-19 pandemic, over twenty scholars, practitioners, and global leaders wrote brief essays for this curated chapter on the role of global leadership in this extreme example of a global crisis. Their... Read More about Perspectives on global leadership and the Covid-19 crisis.

The role of inclusion in responsible global leadership (2020)
Book Chapter
Jonsen, K., Levy, O., Toegel, I., & Van Zanten, J. (2020). The role of inclusion in responsible global leadership. In M. E. Mendenhall, M. Žilinskaitė, G. K. Stahl, & R. Clapp-Smith (Eds.), Responsible Global Leadership: Dilemmas, Paradoxes, and Opportunities. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003037613-10

Cultural inclusivity in global organizations is a topic of growing importance to scholars and practitioners alike (e.g., Gibson & Ross Grubb, 2005; Lester, Virick, & Clapp-Smith, 2016; Nishii & Özbilgin, 2007; Özbilgin & Tatli, 2008), and the notion... Read More about The role of inclusion in responsible global leadership.

Determinants of transnational social capital: opportunity–investment–ability perspective (2019)
Journal Article
Levy, O., Jonsen, K., Peiperl, M., Bouquet, C., & Humbert, A. L. (2021). Determinants of transnational social capital: opportunity–investment–ability perspective. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32(16), 3370-3401. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2019.1629984

This study suggests that it is critical for executives todeveloptransnational social capital(TSC), or professionalrelationships and ties that span national borders. We firstprovide a conceptual framework and careful operationaliza-tion of TSC tha... Read More about Determinants of transnational social capital: opportunity–investment–ability perspective.

Transcultural Brokerage: The Role of Cosmopolitans in Bridging Structural and Cultural Holes (2018)
Journal Article
Levy, O., Lee, H.-J., Jonsen, K., & Peiperl, M. (2019). Transcultural Brokerage: The Role of Cosmopolitans in Bridging Structural and Cultural Holes. Journal of Management, 45(2), 417-450. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206318773404

The growth and proliferation of global systems and transnational cultures have generated larger and more diverse types of cosmopolitans, all of whom span conventional social boundaries. Understanding this diversity is increasingly important because c... Read More about Transcultural Brokerage: The Role of Cosmopolitans in Bridging Structural and Cultural Holes.

The politics of cultural capital: Social hierarchy and organizational architecture in the multinational corporation (2017)
Journal Article
Levy, O., & Reiche, B. S. (2017). The politics of cultural capital: Social hierarchy and organizational architecture in the multinational corporation. Human Relations, 71(6), 867-894. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726717729208

How is social hierarchy in multinational corporations (MNCs) culturally produced, contested and reproduced? Although the international business literature has acknowledged the importance of culture, it gives little consideration to its role in constr... Read More about The politics of cultural capital: Social hierarchy and organizational architecture in the multinational corporation.

Cosmopolitanism in a Globalized World: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Levy, O., Peiperl, M., & Jonsen, K. (2016). Cosmopolitanism in a Globalized World: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. Advances in global leadership, 9, 281-323. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1535-120320160000009009

In this chapter, we develop a conceptual framework for cosmopolitanism as an individual-level phenomenon situated at the intersection of the moral, political, and sociocultural perspectives. The framework explicates the interrelations between macrole... Read More about Cosmopolitanism in a Globalized World: An Interdisciplinary Perspective.

Perceived senior leadership opportunities in MNCs: The effect of social hierarchy and capital (2015)
Journal Article
Levy, O., Taylor, S., Boyaçigiller, N. A., Bodner, T. E., Peiperl, M., & Beechler, S. (2015). Perceived senior leadership opportunities in MNCs: The effect of social hierarchy and capital. Journal of International Business Studies, 46(3), 285-307. https://doi.org/10.1057/jibs.2014.53

Drawing on the structural perspective in organizational theory, this study develops a conceptual framework of the social hierarchy within the multinational corporation (MNC). We suggest that parent country nationals (PCNs), host country nationals (HC... Read More about Perceived senior leadership opportunities in MNCs: The effect of social hierarchy and capital.

Cross-Border Mobility of Self-Initiated and Organizational Expatriates (2014)
Journal Article
Peiperl, M., Levy, O., & Sorell, M. (2014). Cross-Border Mobility of Self-Initiated and Organizational Expatriates. International Studies of Management and Organization, 44(3), 44-65. https://doi.org/10.2753/IMO0020-8825440303

Globalization in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries has been marked by an increase in cross-border mobility of the highly skilled. Though self-initiated expatriation is a widespread phenomenon, it has received relatively little atten... Read More about Cross-Border Mobility of Self-Initiated and Organizational Expatriates.

Transnational social capital: A conceptualization and research instrument (2013)
Journal Article
Levy, O., Peiperl, M., & Bouquet, C. (2013). Transnational social capital: A conceptualization and research instrument. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 13(3), 319-338. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470595813485940

In this study, we introduce a conceptual framework for transnational social capital as a higher order multidimensional construct. Consistent with this view, we develop and validate a 11-item scale aimed at measuring bridging and bonding social capita... Read More about Transnational social capital: A conceptualization and research instrument.