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International University Leadership Development

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Looking into the importance and relevance of leaders in international higher education institutions, the author starts his journey by reviewing literature on global, effective and successful leadership to anchor his own understanding of international leadership. This paper is positioned as a design research paper on the concept of University International Leadership. By conducting targeted expert interviews, the author takes into account in his model the Leader Personal Dynamics (Attitude, Behavior, Competencies, Skills, Knowledge) and Glocal University Dynamics where International University Leaders operate. The Glocal concept fits the strategy of a University of Applied Sciences as Arnhem Business School, the Netherlands, to stay globally relevant but also keep its local identity. University international leaders need to create a good understanding of where it adds value to be global and where it is better to be local developing the right mindset and skillset required to succeed in this complex international environment.

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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Arnhem Business School, the Netherlands who made this research possible. Also, my colleagues involved in this research project for their feedback and ideas of improvement: Arjan Keunen, Ron Tuninga, Robert Warmenhoven, Nicole Osentoski and Loredana Orhei.

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  1. HAN University of Applied Sciences, Ruitenberglaan 31, 6826 CC, Arnhem, The Netherlands

    Florentin Popescu

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  1. Department of Production, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland

    Jussi Ilari Kantola

  2. Institute of Maritime Operations, University College of Southeast Norway, Borre, Norway

    Salman Nazir

  3. Häme University of Applied Sciences, Hämeenlinna, Finland

    Vesa Salminen

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Popescu, F. (2020). International University Leadership Development. In: Kantola, J., Nazir, S., Salminen, V. (eds) Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership. AHFE 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1209. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50791-6_51

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