This volume continues to advance both global leadership research and practice by bridging and integrating conceptual, empirical and practitioner perspectives to provide a deeper understanding of this rapidly growing field of study. Part I brings together conceptual, qualitative, and quantitative work to present innovative foundational research on the concept and processes of global leadership and global competence development.  Part II, the Practitioner's Corner, features chapters and interviews with pioneers in the field and the lessons they learned from decades of global leadership development in university, corporate and government settings.  The editors conclude with an analysis of the global leadership research published in 2018 and its implications. The Advances in Global Leadership series, with its finger firmly on the pulse of this exciting field, is a must-read book for scholars and practitioners alike.

Joyce S. Osland is the Lucas Endowed Professor of Global Leadership and Executive Director of the Global Leadership Advancement Center at San Jose State University, USA. She is a past president of the Western Academy of Management and a senior partner in The Kozai Group. B. Sebastian Reiche is Professor and Department Chair of People Management at IESE Business School, Spain. He studies and consults on forms of global work and global leadership and is Associate Editor of the Human Resource Management Journal.  Betina Szkudlarek is Associate Professor of Management at The University of Sydney Business School, Australia. She has worked with numerous corporations on developing Global Leadership excellence and has published her research in numerous top-tier journals and international media outlets.  Mark E. Mendenhall is the J. Burton Frierson Chair of Excellence in Business Leadership at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, USA. He is a past president of the International Management Division of the Academy of Management and a senior partner in The Kozai Group.