Date of Award
12-13-2016
Rights
© 2016 Carol Kerr
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department
Education
First Advisor
Carol Holmquist
Second Advisor
Peter Fifield
Third Advisor
Richard Lacquement
Abstract
The international security environment depends in part on professional military leaders with the knowledge, skills and attributes to execute a broad range of leadership communication, collaboration and negotiations with counterparts in complex international and intercultural settings. If higher education is the path to cognition, metacognition, motivation and behavior, then it may be an effective instrument for developing leadership readiness for a range of international/inter-cultural tasks. This study explores US military leaders’ perceptions about graduate-level, senior professional military education alongside foreign military officers at the U.S. Army War College as an influence on readiness for decision-making, cultural adaptation, and task performance in a cross-cultural leadership context. Five findings suggest the influence of a collaborative multinational graduate education setting on US leaders’ cross-cultural competence. Best practices based on theory-based analysis of graduate interviews include institutional guidance linking cultural agility and professional purpose; direct and meaningful engagements; skillful faculty facilitation; cultural immersion-like effects through multiple cross-cultural experiences; and experiential learning that challenges and reframes mental models.
Preferred Citation
Kerr, Carol Anne, "Cross-Cultural Leadership: Best Practices In Multinational Graduate Education" (2016). All Theses And Dissertations. 91.
https://dune.une.edu/theses/91
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Comments
Ed.D. Dissertation