Ultimately, this research brings new evidence and implications for theory and practice by reconsidering the role of cultural intelligence with leadership emergence.
Erik Lankut
PhD Candidate
Erik Lankut of the School of Business and Law at the University of Agder has submitted his thesis entitled «Essays on Cultural Intelligence» and will defend the thesis for the PhD-degree Friday 10 September 2021.
He has followed the PhD-programme at theSchool of Business and Law at the University of Agder.with specialisation in International Business.
Erik Lankut is a cotutelle-candidate between UiA and The University of Southern Denmark.
In this dissertation, Erik Lankut begins his research journey by exploring and investigating how cultural intelligence (CQ for short) works across the business and management field, but also taking a closer at the role of cultural intelligence with leadership emergence.
Cultural intelligence (or CQ) is a concept that originally comes from the field of psychology.
More recently, business and management scholars have started to explore the role of cultural intelligence with outcomes such as performance at work, skills to negotiate, managing work assignments abroad (such as expatriates), or being a global leader.
Erik began to look at the history of cultural intelligence in the business and management literature, only to discover that there are more concepts also being used to explore the same type of outcomes.
From this discovery, Erik was able to explore potential overlaps with cultural intelligence while gaining further insights as to what the scholars know and do not know. From there, Erik decided to focus his dissertation on the role of cultural intelligence with leadership emergence.
In total, three research papers were written:
Together, the three studies provide findings that can help both scholars and practitioners further understand the role of cultural intelligence and its effects on different more outcomes.
Ultimately, this research brings new evidence and implications for theory and practice by reconsidering the role of cultural intelligence with leadership emergence.
The trial lecture and the public defence will take place online, via the Zoom conferencing app (link below)
Dean Roger Normann, School of Business and Law at The University of Agder, will chair the disputation.
Given topic for trial lecture: «Leadership models in IB – theory and practice»
Thesis Title: «Essays on Cultural Intelligence»
Search for the thesis in AURA - Agder University Research Archive, a digital archive of scientific papers, theses and dissertations from the academic staff and students at the University of Agder.
The Candidate: Erik Lankut (1992, Oslo) Msc in International Management UiA (2017) Master thesis: "Bibliometric Citation Analysis of Cultural Intelligence". Present position: Assistant Professor at The University of South-Eastern Norway.
First opponent: Professor Marina Latukha, Doctor of economics at St. Petersburg University, Russia
Second opponent: Associate Professor Maria Elo, Doctor of Science in Economy, Department of Marketing & Management, The University of Southern Denmark
Professor Lars Oxelheim, University of Agder, is appointed as the administrator for the assessment commitee.
Supervisors in the doctoral work were Professor Ilan Alon, UiA and Professor Nicole Franziska Richter, The University of Southern Denmark
The chair invites members of the public to pose questions ex auditorio in the introduction to the public defense, with deadlines. It is a prerequisite that the opponent has read the thesis. Questions can be submitted to the chair Roger Normann on e-mail roger.h.normann@uia.no