Culture and leadership in Iran: The land of individual achievers, strong family ties, and powerful elite

By Mansour Javidan, Ali Dastmalchian. 2003

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Transformational leadership, innovative work behavior, and employee well-being (2013, background): “As a stark contrast, Iranian societies score high on individualism and power distance (Javidan and Dastmalchian 2003) in comparison with Western societies.”
The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education: A Study of Iranian Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions and Opportunity Identification (2016, background): “In particular, in a collectivistic culture such as Iran where family life and relationships with close friends and relatives are important (Javidan and Dastmalchian 2003; Karimi et al. 2013b), SN appears to play a significant role.”
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: challenges among Iranian startups (2020, background): “This might be due to the cultural aspects of the country, as Javidan and Dastmalchian (2003) called it the “Land of Individual Achievers”.”
Leadership and innovation: The moderator role of organization support for innovative behaviors (2017, background): “Some researchers suggested that participation in decision-making has a different meaning in a country like Iran (Javidan & Dastmalchian, 2003).”