Cross-Cultural Leadership Studies

As part of Air Force ROTC curriculum as well as personal interest, I will be researching the different traits valued in leaders across multiple different cultures worldwide. As most leadership studies focus on what is valued in an American leader, the goal of this research is to look into what traits and characteristics are the most effective when leading people from different cultural backgrounds. I will look into how leaders are most effective in the Arab culture, how they are most effective in a Sub-Saharan African culture, and how they are most effective in a Northeast Asian culture. These geographic areas are some of the most volatile regions in the world, and the US military is continually performing training and Foreign Internal Defense missions for locals in these cultures. To better train and perform in these missions, American trainers must be able to adapt to a different expectation of a leader. Poster Presentation Air Force ROTC Briefin