“Unveiling the Cross-Cultural Leadership in Global Context: A Systematic Literature Review”

Abstract

Due to workforce diversity in international and multinational companies, Cross cultural Leadership emerged as a critical domain to manage the diversity. Cross cultural Leadership focuses on international collaboration and Expansion of Companies. As, with the growing demand at Global level, the organisation aims to operate with the national and International Leaders are required to transform this cultural diversity into effectiveness and cohesion. Although interest in cross-cultural leadership increases significantly, existing studies remain low from the perspective of multiple theoretical perspectives and contextual settings. This study aims to unveil the intellectual structure, evolution and research confronting the existing research on Cross Cultural Leadership by conducting a comprehensive Literature Review using data extracted from the Scopus database. A total of Eighty relevant publications were analysed, employing co-authorship, co-citation, and keyword co-occurrence mapping techniques.

A systematic Literature Review was conducted using peer-reviewed Journal articles published between 2010-2025. After applying rigorous inclusion and exclusion criteria, 80 Publications were analysed using VOS Viewer. The study indicates that cross cultural leadership is primarily grounded in cultural intelligence theory, global leadership frameworks, and national culture models such as Hofstede’s cultural dimensions.