The American Psychology Association has conferred the 2008 Ursula Gielen Book Award for the Best Psychology Book on Culture and Leadership Across the World: The GLOBE Book of In-Depth Studies of 25 Societies, of which Prof Jagdeep Chhokar is a co-editor.

This award is given every year by the International Psychology Division (52) of the American Psychological Association to the authors of the book that makes the most significant contribution to psychology as a global discipline.