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The Global Leader as Boundary Spanner, Bridge Maker, and Blender

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Christina L. Butler*
Affiliation:
Kingston University
Lena Zander
Affiliation:
Uppsala University
Audra Mockaitis
Affiliation:
Monash University
Ciara Sutton
Affiliation:
Stockholm School of Economics
*
E-mail: christina.butler@kingston.ac.uk, Address: Department of Leadership, HRM and Organisation, Kingston Business School, Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT2 7LB, United Kingdom

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2012 

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