Forschungsgruppe "Transkulturelle Kompetenz"

In times of globalisation, the creation of economic and social value literally crosses borders, entailing manifold questions on the determinants of successful global cooperation, particularly concerning the involved cultural challenges: Which characteristics distinguish a transculturally competent person? What does it mean if an organisation pursues a transcultural approach when developing its global strategy? And which learning processes enable and strengthen transculturality? These are some of the topics that the LEIZ research group "Transcultural Competence" focuses on. The group analyses the constitutive elements and preconditions of successful global cooperation. Through the lens of the theory of relational economics, this entails not only questions about the willingness and ability to cooperate in a complex network of cross-cultural relations, but also about organizational governance structures that anticipate such a network’s ongoing dynamics. When analysing transcultural competence in this manner, the description of learning processes on both the individual and the organizational level addresses two sides of the same coin and underlines the ambition to elaborate on a comprehensive concept of transcultural leadership and its implications for theory and practice. Following this purpose, various contributions and formats have been identified to pursue the research group’s goals: next to the fundamental research on the nature as well as the building blocks of transcultural competence as a conceptual concretion of relational economics, the exchange with other researchers in the field, an expert conference to be held at Zeppelin University in June 2020, as well as case studies with globally-acting cooperation partners from business and civil society, to name but a few of the envisaged activities, aim to create a platform for academic and cross-sectoral dialogue that nurtures the process of establishing a substantiated understanding of what it means to shape global cooperation with a transcultural approach.

Ansprechpartner: Dr. Julika Baumann Montecinos
Tel: 07541-6009 2264
Email: julika.montecinos@zu.de

Projektbeginn: 01.03.2019
Projektende: 31.12.2021

Dr. Julika Baumann Montecinos, Prof. Dr. rer. oec. habil. Josef Wieland

Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen
LEIZ Lehrstuhl für Institutional Economics, Organisational Governance, Integrity Management & Transcultural Leadership

Am Seemooser Horn 20
88045 Friedrichshafen

Telefon: +49 7541 6009-2261
Fax: +49 7541 6009-1299
Email: Direktor.Leiz@zu.de
www.zu.de/leiz

Dr. Julika Baumann Montecinos, M.A. Jessica Geraldo Schwengber, M.A. Tobias Grünfelder

Transcultural competence, transcultural Leadership, global leadership, relational economics, organisational learning