Global mindset : um estudo em uma empresa multinacional.

Abstract

Given the increasing globalization of markets in the current organizational scenario, a new perspective on the role of leadership in organizations is identified. In addition to ensure succession in management positions, it is up to organizations to recognize and prepare leaders with a global mindset, whose characteristics allow them to exploit all the opportunities presented in this new scenario. The present research is strongly supported by the theory of global mindset, with contributions from authors such as Beechler and Javidan (2007), who address a specific model of global mindset and its critical components, seeking to present and identify the occurrence of leadership competencies in this process. Therefore, the research proposed a qualitative exploratory research, through a case study, with the general objective of analyzing the development of the global leadership of managers of the company ProfiGen do Brasil. The data collection was carried out with four employees with a global leadership role in the company, from different sectors and with contact with more than 30 countries and cultures, as well as with the Controller of the company, responsible for the administrative areas. Although the company has not presented a specific development model for global leaders, during the data collection and analysis, several characteristics related to the literature about global mindset were identified in the interviews. Such traits are clear when, for example, the company's leaders see themselves prepared to act in the competitive market that they are inserted, through technical and language knowledge and practical experiences with different cultures, which gives them great personal and professional satisfactio. Nevertheless, the lack of guidelines or a specific preparation for employees and leaders with global exposure, demands the search for professionals already formed and prepared by the market, which may be a problem for the company in the future, seeing that it is already a challenge to find professionals who meet the desired skills and the specific technical knowledge of the company's business area. At the end of the research, some suggestions were made with the intention of improving the aspects identified during the research.