Over the past two decades, the second wave of leadership scholarship has
appeared to be headed in a global direction. The GLOBE study by Dorfman et al. (2004)
suggested a need for global research. GLOBE stands for Global Leadership and
Organizational Effectiveness (p.5. The GLOBE study reported that "given the increased
globalization of industrial organization and increased interdependencies among nations,
the need for better understanding of cultural influence on leadership and organizational
practices has never been greater" (p. 5).