Conclusion: Future Directions for Advancing Global Leadership Research

We introduced this volume by describing the current state of global leadership research as a rapidly growing field that, while showing some encouraging progress in foundational research, is hampered by different perspectives that fail to consider the whole (the blind men and the elephant) and the lack of construct definition (Osland, Li, & Wang, 2014). The various chapters in this volume cover a wide array of leadership topics and approaches. All of them make a significant contribution to the foundations of global leadership. After reading through the chapters, certain shared themes or ideas emerged that might tell us even more about the current state of the field and where its future lies.