2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Research on leadership formation and succession of multinational companies

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20830040
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Business administration
Research Institution	Kyoto University
Principal Investigator	WANG Yingyan Kyoto University, 国際学部, 講師 (10456759)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	グローバルビジネス / リーダーシップ構築 / リーダーシップ継承 / 実証研究
Research Abstract	This study examines the process of leadership formation and succession in multinational corporations. After proposing a contingency model of leadership formation and succession, the study substantiates the model with empirical data acquired from Japanese-invested companies in China. Results of the research indicate that the exchange relationship between previous leader and the new leader is positively related with the internal trust relationship of the company and the external social support acquired from the social relationships owned by the previous leader. However, such relationships are also dependent on the level of foreign subsidiaries and the corporation strategies.