Leadership approaches in multi-cultural aviation environments

Authors

  • Jose Felix de Brito Neto Aeronautical University – Worldwide Campus, Daytona Beach, FL, Estados Unidos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/2179-703X.2014.1.17131

Keywords:

Leadership, culture, aviation

Abstract

In the last few decades, the world has witnessed a phenomenon called globalization, which has shortened distances and transformed cultural contexts. The aviation industry has been part of this phenomenon as it has helped create truly global and multi-cultural workforces. Multi-cultural work environments such as the aviation industry require specific leadership approaches in order to accommodate the needs of their culturally diverse workforce. This paper is aimed at the thorough analysis of leadership approaches in multi-cultural aviation environments. Through a literature review, this paper discusses key concepts of culture and leadership as well as the ideas supporting the transformational leadership theory and the positive leadership theory, which have significant and everlasting impact in workforces. It proposes different approaches to successfully and effectively lead multi-cultural aviation workforces.

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Abordagem de liderança em ambientes multiculturais da indústria da aviação

Nas últimas décadas, o mundo tem testemunhado um fenômeno chamado globalização, que tem encurtado distâncias e transformado contextos culturais. A indústria da aviação tem sido parte desse fenômeno por ter ajudado a criar mãos de obra verdadeiramente globais e multiculturais. Ambientes de trabalho multiculturais como o da indústria da aviação requer específicas abordagens de liderança para poder acomodar as necessidades das suas mãos de obra multiculturais. Este artigo tem como objetivo a análise minuciosa de abordagens de liderança em ambientes de trabalho multiculturais dentro da indústria de aviação. Através da revisão da literatura, este artigo discute conceitos-chave a respeito de cultura e liderança como também de ideias que apoiam a teoria da liderança transformacional e a teoria da liderança positiva. O artigo propõe diferentes abordagens para a liderança bem-sucedida e efetiva de mãos de obra multiculturais na indústria da aviação.

 

 

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