A Study on the Scandinavian Management Style A Comparison of Organizational Leadership Style in South Korea and Nordic Countries (스칸디나비아 매니지먼트 스타일에 관한 연구: 한국과 스칸디나비아 국가의 리더십 비교를 중심으로)

Sung-Jun Lee (이성준)

A Study on the Scandinavian Management Style A Comparison of Organizational Leadership Style in South Korea and Nordic Countries

Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea
Abbr : JSSK
2021, (28), pp.29-64
Publisher : The Scandinavian Society of Korea
Research Area : Social Science > Area Studies > North Europe(Scandinavian)
Received : December 3, 2021
Accepted : December 28, 2021
Published : December 31, 2021

Sung-Jun Lee ¹

¹한국외국어대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study firstly summarizes the characteristics of the Scandinavian and Korean management style based on literature survey and after that, examines the validity of these characteristics using the survey results derived from GLOBE project examining leadership behavior and effectiveness across 62 countries. The literature survey shows that while the Scandinavian management style emphasizes the organization-wide consensus over companies’ vision and strategy based on the horizontal relationship between management and employees, the Korean management style can be seen as the mixture of the Japanese and Western management style, often stressing short-term outcomes, although it is rather deeply rooted in the unique value system of Korea such as ‘Jeong’ or ‘Shinbaram’. The survey results of GLOBE project also support the validity of these characteristics.

KEYWORDS

Scandinavian management style, Nordic management, Nordic leadership, Korean management, GLOBE project

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