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This article will defend a very simple thesis. In a diverse globalized world with expanding economic opportunities, pandemic risks such as the global COVID-19 virus, and the Black Lives Matter movement, we will need to revisit and revise our mindsets about free enterprise, corporate governance, and most importantly, leadership. That we can change our mindsets and world view is illustrated by studies of primate behavior, in particular, the Forest Troop savanna baboons, and the kind of leadership necessary in a global political economy, even given the pandemic, is, interestingly often exemplified by women.
This is a substantially revised version of the paper originally published in the first edition of this book, Leadership, Gender and Organization. See Werhane 2007, 2011.
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Werhane, P.H. (2023). Women Leaders in a Globalized World. In: Painter, M., Werhane, P.H. (eds) Leadership, Gender, and Organization. Issues in Business Ethics, vol 63. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24445-2_11
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