Instrument Development

As described in Chapter 3, there are only a few studies available that address the measurement of global mindset at the individual level, and an even smaller number are also empirically tested. Moreover, each existing study is based on different conceptual understandings making a comparison of the research results difficult. In this thesis, we aim to expose the global mindset concept based on empirical findings. Through interviews with managers with global responsibilities, we have identified the need for positive attitudes toward integrating global and local aspects of transworld business and social relationships that they consider to be essential global leader qualities. As discussed in Chapter 4, we label this quality a “global mindset.” In this chapter, we address our second research question: How can a global mindset be measured ? In order to answer this question empirically, we conduct a second field study to test the operationalization of our global mindset concept. Based on the literature and the results of the interviews, our aim is to build an instrument to measure the global mindset concept at the individual level. We call this instrument the “Global Mindset Questionnaire” (GMQ). In contrast to the first field study, this empirical research aims to collect quantitative data in order to support the instrument development.