This is an itinerary in the middle of the 20th century: being Brazilian in France after the coup d'état against João Goulart, a "refugee" with no status other than that of a student, without money; a foreign student in... more
This is an itinerary in the middle of the 20th century: being Brazilian in France after the coup d'état against João Goulart, a "refugee" with no status other than that of a student, without money; a foreign student in France at a large university in the countryside before and during 1968. Be a South American discovering, in addition to France, this Old World of the Cold War, the two Europes, on both sides of the Wall, and the Middle East.Este é um itinerário em meados do século XX: ser brasileiro na França após o golpe de Estado contra João Goulart, um "refugiado" sem status além do de estudante, sem dinheiro; um estudante estrangeiro na França em uma grande universidade do interior antes e durante 1968. Seja um sul-americano descobrindo, além da França, este Velho Mundo da Guerra Fria, as duas Europas, de ambos os lados do Muro, e o Oriente Médio
Many studies in the management discipline have focused either on what it takes to be a business leader (normative) or what business leaders do (empirical), but little is known about the development of business leadership competence. The... more
Many studies in the management discipline have focused either on what it takes to be a business leader (normative) or what business leaders do (empirical), but little is known about the development of business leadership competence. The contribution of this paper lies in its use of life-stories of highly accomplished business leaders as data, and its dynamic design, focusing on life-long competency development. This paper proposes that highly accomplished business leaders encounter specific ‘formative events’, engendering learningto-learn agility, throughout their careers that play central roles in the development of their social identities, and their capacities to deal with change through the use of narrative analysis methodology and clustering techniques. The paper concludes that leadership competence of successful business leaders is developed through the occurrence of formative events that enable them to define their sense of identity, build their capacity to deal with change, and become agile in their ability to learn.
