The conflict issue in international business and the global leadership

AbstractGlobal economic crisis erupted the world economy in the mid-2008 has challenged managers, strategists and scholars to question how to sustain long term competitive business strategy. The conflict in international organizations also challenges competitive strategies, disseminating the failure in group interaction, synergy and productivity. In this context, solving conflict at international business organizations via global leadership styles will contribute into the development of organizational commitment, job satisfaction and participation. Hence, the role of global leadership in international organizations underpins the success of long term stability and success. In this study, it is aimed to draw a theoretical framework of the global leadership and its role in conflict resolution in international business. This study also demonstrates that (1) there is a linkage between the level of conflict and group interaction, satisfaction, and performance, (2) there is the linkage between long term organizational success and group interaction, learning skills and leadership styles, and (3)Global leadership is a key success factor for solving conflict in multicultural businesses and sustains long term business success