An Interview with Paula Caligiuri, Pioneer in Global Leadership Effectiveness Research

Abstract

Paula Caligiuri set the stage and, with Ibraiz Tarique, pioneered the first direct studies on global leadership effectiveness and the boundary conditions that influence it. Paula is a D'Amore-McKim School of Business Distinguished Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University and business consultant. Researching in the areas of expatriate management, global leadership development, and cultural agility, Paula has authored or coauthored several articles and books – including Cultural Agility: Building a Pipeline of Successful Global Professionals and Build Your Cultural Agility. She has been a frequent expert guest on CNN and CNN International and is an instructor for a LinkedIn Learning course entitled Managing Globally. In 2021, Paula was named a semifinalist for the Forbes “50 over 50” for cofounding a public benefit corporation, Skiilify, to help foster cultural understanding more broadly. Based on her significant research contributions, she is a Fellow in both the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Academy of International Business and has been a Senior Editor for the Journal of World Business and an Area Editor for the Journal of International Business Studies.

Citation

Osland, J.S. (2022), "An Interview with Paula Caligiuri, Pioneer in Global Leadership Effectiveness Research", Osland, J.S., Reiche, B.S., Szkudlarek, B. and Mendenhall, M.E. (Ed.) Advances in Global Leadership (Advances in Global Leadership, Vol. 14), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 209-213. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1535-120320220000014011