Mark E. Mendenhall is the J. Burton Frierson Chair of Excellence in Business Leadership in the Gary W. Rollins College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, USA.

Joyce S. Osland is Emeritus Professor and the former Lucas Endowed Professor of Global Leadership and Executive Director of the Global Leadership Advancement Center in the College of Business at San José State University, USA.

Allan Bird is Visiting Professor in Organizational Behavior/Human Resources at Goa Institute of Management, India.

Gary R. Oddou is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Global Business Management Program at California State University, San Marcos, USA.

Michael J. Stevens is a Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor of Leadership Studies at Weber State University, USA.

Martha L. Maznevski is Professor of Organizational Behavior and Faculty Director for Executive Education at Ivey Business School at Western University, Canada.

Günter K. Stahl is Professor of International Management and Chair of the Institute for Responsibility and Sustainability in Global Business at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna), Austria.

Part I History of the Field of Global Leadership 1 Leadership and the Birth of Global Leadership 2 The Multidisciplinary Roots of Global Leadership 3 An Overview of the Global Leadership Literature Part II Global Leadership Competencies 4 Mapping the Content Domain of Global Leadership Competencies 5 Assessing Global Leadership Competencies Part III Global Leadership Development 6 Process Models of Global Leadership Development 7 Global Talent Management and Its Implications for Global Leadership Development 8 Transformative Processes for Developing Global Leader Part IV Global Leadership Roles 9 Leading Global Teams 10 Global Leadership Knowledge Creation and Transfer 12 Responsible Global Leadership Part V The Future of Global Leadership 13 Future-Proof? A Typology of Global Leadership Roles as Guidepost for Global Leadership Research