Cultural Diversity Issues

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This paper presents a research proposal to identify identify pertinent traits that characterize effective leaders in various societal settings. Specifically, the proposed research identifies the relationship, to the extent that it exists, between organizational culture and societal culture; identifies what leadership styles have been identified as most effective in terms of achieving organizational goals and promoting organizational citizenship behaviors while balancing the needs of the workers involved; identifies identify relevant cross-cultural issues that may affect leadership styles in an increasingly multicultural society; and, determines how leadership styles vary from culture to culture around the world based on the larger society in which they exist.

Outline:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Aims and Objectives
Significance of the Study
Rationale of the Study
Chapter 2: Review of Related Literature
Chapter 3: Methodology
Description of the Study Approach
Data-Collection
Sample
Setting
Ethical Considerations
Evaluative Action Plan
Instruments/Measurements
Chapter Summary
Chapter Four: Results and Presentation of Findings
Chapter Five: Discussion, Implications and Recommendations

From the Paper:

"This mixed methodology is congruent with many social researchers who emphasize that a review of the literature and analysis of the situation through such studies represents a more robust approach than either used in isolation from the other. According to Zikmund, this study method is "an exploratory research technique that intensively investigates one or a few situations similar to the researcher's problem situation" . Moreover, given the enormous demographic changes the United States has experienced in recent years, this investigation represents a very timely enterprise that may provide some useful insights into the relationship between community and organizational culture in successful companies today."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Aleinikoff, T. A. (1998, January-February). A multicultural nationalism. The American Prospect, 36, 80.
• Alvesson, M. (2002). Understanding organizational culture. London: Sage.
• Anzul, M., Evans, J. F., King, R., & Tellier-Robinson, D. (2001). Moving beyond a deficit perspective with qualitative research methods. Exceptional Children, 67(2), 235.
• Avolio, B. J. (2005). Leadership development in balance: Made/born. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Bajdo, L. M., & Dickson, M. W. (2001). Perceptions of organizational culture and women's advancement in organizations: A cross-cultural examination. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 399.

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