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Volume 58 Issue 4, October 2024

Volume 58 Issue 4, October 2024

Special Issue: CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP IN SLAVIC NATIONS

  • Guest Editor: Jasenko Ljubica
  • Guest Editor: Romie F. Littrell

Introduction

  • Jasenko Ljubica
  • Romie F. Littrell
Abstract
This Special Issue is an installment of the series of studies carried out by the Centre for Cross Cultural Comparisons ([https://crossculturalcentre.homestead.com/](https://crossculturalcentre.homestead.com/)), an international voluntary association of ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published September 24, 2024pp. 275–287

Articles

  • Amra Kožo
  • Aleksandar Janković
  • Zijada Rahimić
Abstract
This study explores relationships between societal culture value dimensions and preferred leader behavior in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH). It is one of the first studies that provide an overview of the dimension of Monumentalism in BIH and bring together ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published September 24, 2024pp. 288–299

Part 1: Relationships between societal culture value dimensions and employee preferences for explicit leader behaviors in seven Slavic countries

  • Ivana Bulog
  • Ivan Malbašić
  • Marina Klačmer Čalopa
Abstract
This paper examines Croatian national culture value dimensions, employee leadership behavior preferences, and their relationships. The analysis confirms Croatia’s cultural homogeneity revealing no statistically notable cultural difference between its two ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published June 10, 2024pp. 300–310
  • Daniela Pauknerová
  • Hana Lorencová
  • Kateřina Půbalová
Abstract
This study investigates the leadership culture within the Czech Republic, using a survey of 389 participants to examine factors that influence leader behavior preferences. The study addresses the gap in specific research on Czech leadership, seeking to ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published September 24, 2024pp. 311–321
  • Ana Tomovska Misoska
  • Ivona Mileva
  • Marjan Bojadjiev
Abstract
Culture and leadership display various patterns of interrelationship across countries and regions. However, research is sparse for Slavic countries and especially for small countries like the Republic of North Macedonia. Therefore, this paper tries to ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published September 24, 2024pp. 322–333
  • Mike Szymanski
  • Michał Wilczewski
Abstract
Geographically and politically, Poland is a Central European country traditionally divided into two regions located to the west and east of the Vistula River. This division has come to be known as Poland A and Poland B. Despite ongoing debates over the ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published September 24, 2024pp. 334–345
  • Romie F. Littrell
  • Jasenko Ljubica
Abstract
In this study, we examine societal-cultural values and employee preferences for explicit leader behaviors and their relationships in the Russian Federation. Our analyses of data obtained from samples in two large regions (Siberia and Western Russia); ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published September 24, 2024pp. 346–357
  • Danijela Stošić Panić
  • Ivana Simić
Abstract
The aim of the study is to identify the relationship between national culture and preferred leadership behavior in the Republic of Serbia. Using the Value Survey Module 2008 (VSM08) and the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire XII (LBDQXII), the ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published September 24, 2024pp. 358–369

Part 2: Comparisons of societal culture value dimensions, employee preferences for explicit leader behaviors and their relationships across seven Slavic nations and three Slavic tribes

  • Jasenko Ljubica
  • Romie F. Littrell
  • Katerina Pubalova
Abstract
Slavic-heritage countries have a rich and diverse culture shaped by a variety of historical and geopolitical events. Utilizing Hofstede´s Value Survey Module 2008, we study the cultural values of the Slavs, indicating the way businesspeople (employees) ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published September 24, 2024pp. 370–381
  • Jasenko Ljubica
  • Zijada Rahimić
  • Michal Szymanski
  • Hana Lorencová
  • Marina Klačmer Čalopa
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine and compare the employee preferences for explicit leader behaviors within and across seven Slavic countries, belonging to three Slavic tribes. Our analyses of data obtained from 2542 participants revealed several ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published September 24, 2024pp. 382–394
  • Amra Kožo
  • Ivana Bulog
  • Michał Wilczewski
  • Ana Tomovska Misoska
  • Pavlína Honsová
  • Ivona Mileva
Abstract
This study examines the relationships between societal cultures and preferred leadership behaviors across seven Slavic nations: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, North Macedonia, Poland, Russia (in two regions), and Serbia. The results ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published September 24, 2024pp. 395–407