Managing International Organizations: Best Practices for Global Leaders

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Introduction
Over the past decade, globalization has been on the rise, affecting international business
managers who face different cultural, social, political and economic challenges. These managers
thus need to roll up their skills to ensure their success. The following paper is annotated
bibliography of different five studies that are related to managing on the global context. The
paper aims at addressing “what is best international or global leaders’ practices that help in
managing international organizations?”
Article 1: Job Satisfaction and Work Productivity: The Role Of Conflict-Management Culture
Younyoung Choi, & Junghee Ha. (2018). Job Satisfaction and Work Productivity: The Role of
Conflict-Management Culture. Social Behavior & Personality: An International
Journal, 46(7), 1101–1110. https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.6940
The study conducted by Younyoung Choi and Junghee Ha entailed an investigation on
the impact of disagreement –control philosophy on occupation satisfaction and work efficiency
with a focus on two countries: the USA and Korea. The authors denote that conflict management
as a leadership practice has a great impact on the improvement of work performances and job
satisfaction since the team tends to function effectively. However, little research had been
conducted on the impact of conflict-management culture on individual performance, and since
cultural diversity is becoming common among much organization, the issue needs extensive
research. The author collected data from 640 participants in Washington DC, the United States,
and Seoul, Korea through the use of survey method. The variable thus was conflict-management
culture and job satisfaction and productivity. Data collected was analyzed through two steps: t-

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test to determine the mean the difference between the two samples and zero-order correlation
values to determine the relationship between the variables. The results showed consistency with
previous studies such as individual disagreement, and competitive behaviors have a direct impact
on work efficiency in brief period of time, within duty-oriented workstations; that indicated that
conflict-management culture has a direct positive impact on job satisfaction and productivity in
both countries. The study is significant to the research question, that needs to identify various
practices that enable international leaders in effectively managing the global organizations; thus
from the article, it is evidential that a manager should develop and instill conflict-management
culture into the organizations to ensure productivity among cross-cultural work team.
Article 2: Global Leadership Competencies and Knowledge Transfer In Korean Multinational
Corporations: Self-Efficacy as a Moderator
Dong-Yeol Yoon, & Seung-Hyun Han. (2018). Global Leadership Competencies and Knowledge
Transfer in Korean Multinational Corporations: Self-Efficacy as a Moderator. Social
Behavior & Personality: An International Journal, 46(7), 1143–1156.
https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.6753
The study aimed at investigating the impact of inclusive leadership competencies on
expertise transfer with a focus on the self-efficacy in several Korean International Corporations.
Global Leadership according to the author refers the universal qualities and practices that
facilitate an individual to person their jobs across different cultural boundaries. Just like the
study conducted by Dong-Yeol Yoon and Seung-Hyun Han. Younyoung Choi and Junghee Ha
expressed that global leadership practices determine the success of a global organization.
Knowledge thus forms a major key component for global leaders, and the ability to create