Managing in International Context - Article Review

Running head: MANAGING IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT – ARTICLE REVIEW
MANAGING IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT – ARTICLE REVIEW
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1MANAGING IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT – ARTICLE REVIEW
Tsai et al. (2017) in the article entitled “Modes of cross-cultural leadership adjustment:
adapting leadership to meet local conditions and/or changing followers to match personal
requirements?” discusses the various modes of the cross-cultural leadership adjustment that are
followed by the multitude of organizations within the international markets. The following essay
deals with the critical review of the given article.
The article in discussion sheds light on the importance of the effective nature of the
cross-cultural management within the operations of the given organization. The majority of the
organizations that have been operating in the international markets tend to have been dealing
with the inclusion of the expatriate managers within the workforce. The multitude of the
organizations that have been dealing with the international assignees within the organization
need to deal with the issues regarding the work-life balance that needs to be maintained within
the given organization (Ravasi, Salamin and Davoine 2015, p. 1356). The article attempts a
discussion on the adjustment made by the leaders who have been serving the company in the
international market locations. The article highlights the benefits of the modes of the adjustment
of the cross-cultural leadership as is maintained within the organizations.
The article highlights the various patterns that are maintained within the organization in
terms of the adjustments that are implemented by the concerned senior leaders as well as the
expatriate leaders who have been appointed to deal with the issues that are faced by the
organization in the given international markets. The adjustments on the on the part of the
expatriate managers tend to deal with the conditions wherein the concerned expatriates try to fit
within the given cultural area. The implementations of these adjustments tend to help the
concerned organizations in the reduction of the conflicts that might arise due to the differences in
the demands of the environment and the behavior and the inclination of the attitude to the