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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................. 2<br />

LIST OF FIGURES .......................................................................................................... 8<br />

Attestation <strong>of</strong> Authorship ................................................................................................ 13<br />

Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................... 14<br />

Ethics Approval ............................................................................................................... 15<br />

Abstract ........................................................................................................................... 16<br />

PREFACE ....................................................................................................................... 18<br />

Terminology, Abbreviations, Style <strong>and</strong> Formatting ....................................................... 18<br />

Terminology ................................................................................................................ 18<br />

Statistical Reporting .................................................................................................... 18<br />

Formatting ....................................................................................................................... 19<br />

Comments Concerning Bibliography .............................................................................. 20<br />

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 21<br />

Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 21<br />

Background to the Research ........................................................................................... 21<br />

Personal Motivation for the Study .................................................................................. 22<br />

Why Guangzhou City? ................................................................................................ 24<br />

Concerns Relating to Leader Behaviour in New Zeal<strong>and</strong> ............................................... 25<br />

Purpose <strong>and</strong> Value <strong>of</strong> this Research Project for the Study <strong>of</strong> the ................................... 26<br />

Cultural Environment <strong>of</strong> International Business ............................................................. 26<br />

Culture <strong>and</strong> Business Relationships <strong>and</strong> Transactions ................................................ 27<br />

Thesis <strong>of</strong> the Study .......................................................................................................... 30<br />

Research Questions ......................................................................................................... 31<br />

Research Method ............................................................................................................. 32<br />

Delimitations <strong>of</strong> scope <strong>and</strong> key assumptions .................................................................. 33<br />

CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS ......................................................... 34<br />

Theories ........................................................................................................................... 34<br />

Laws, Hypotheses, <strong>and</strong> Theories ..................................................................................... 35<br />

Laws Related to this Research Project ........................................................................ 36<br />

Theory, Topology, <strong>and</strong> Typology ............................................................................... 37<br />

Leadership <strong>and</strong> Management ...................................................................................... 38<br />

One Contextual Issue: The Differences between Management <strong>and</strong> Leadership ......... 39<br />

Theoretical Approaches to Leadership Studies: Historical Background .................... 40<br />

Other Theories Concerning Effects <strong>of</strong> Culture on Leadership .................................... 44<br />

The Need for Cross-Cultural Leadership Theory <strong>and</strong> Research ..................................... 46<br />

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