Qualitative Study of Leadership Competences in Mexican Export Firms

11 Pages Posted: 8 Mar 2018

Date Written: March 2, 2018

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the export’s businessmen leadership competences profile through an interview with a qualitative approach in Guanajuato’s export firms. The research used the leadership competences model in six cases of companies that export. The research questions were: What are the leadership competences for businessmen in Guanajuato’s export companies? And, what is the businessmen leadership competences profile? The exploration was made with a narrative analysis conducted, to determine leader’s profile. The information was obtained through deep interviews, then narrative speech without speculation was used to analyzed the data. Besides a codification of the variables was used to determine the profile It was found common features such as vision, values, experience, knowledge and dialogue as focal elements of their activities. For the future, a quantitative research is required to corroborate these findings and to be related with the internationalization process of the firms.

Keywords: Leadership, competences and export firms

Suggested Citation

Gonzalez Rosas, Erika Lourdes and Arredondo-Hidalgo, Maria Guadalupe and Guevara Sangines, Martha Leticia and Martínez Hernández, Ariadna Crisantema, Qualitative Study of Leadership Competences in Mexican Export Firms (March 2, 2018). International Business and Economy Conferences, XVII International Business & Economy Conference (IBEC) – San Francisco 2018, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3132939 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3132939

Erika Lourdes Gonzalez Rosas (Contact Author)

Universidad de Guanajuato ( email )

Guanajuato
Mexico

Maria Guadalupe Arredondo-Hidalgo

Universidad de Guanajuato ( email )

Guanajuato
Mexico

Martha Leticia Guevara Sangines

Universidad de Guanajuato ( email )

Guanajuato
Mexico

Ariadna Crisantema Martínez Hernández

Universidad de Guanajuato ( email )

Guanajuato
Mexico

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