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Elgar Companion to Managing People Across the Asia-Pacific provides a crucial exploration of current business and management research, touching upon topics such as leadership, employee motivation and politics, and innovation to provide a timely examination of management in the Asia-Pacific. It addresses how unique cultural, societal and governance factors in the Asia-Pacific affect business practices.
Bringing together the work of a diverse collective of international authors, chapters explore often challenging topics such as the position of ageing workers in the Asia-Pacific and the dynamics of a multigenerational workforce. They carefully examine organizational psychology processes among Asia-Pacific workers in order to paint an accurate picture of differing work environments. Ultimately, this accessible Companion directly focuses on ongoing research efforts to conceptualize the culture, engagement and potential shifts within Asia-Pacific work environments.
This discerning Elgar Companion will be beneficial for researchers and academics of multiple disciplines, such as business and management, international business, finance and organizational psychology. It will additionally be of use to practitioners in management positions seeking to understand contemporary issues within the field.
Trade Review‘This is a welcome addition to the literature on managing people and organizations in the Asia-Pacific that takes an indigenous and critical stance on the prior dominance of ethnocentric Western perspectives. It successfully and competently covers the context and operation of many of the main dimensions and contours of Asian management.’ -- Chris Rowley, University of Oxford and University of London, UK.
‘This collection of essays on leading and managing people in the Asia-Pacific from an organizational psychological perspective and through a Western and non-Western lens is an indispensable addition to the literature to help understand the rapidly-changing landscape in the Asia-Pacific. A must-read for researchers, practitioners and policy makers to help them develop better insights and benefit from these developments.’ -- Rosalie L. Tung, Simon Fraser University, Canada
‘In this comprehensive collection of articles, the authors offer a timely and definitive look at the complex landscape of managing people in one of the most vibrant regions of the world. Firmly grounded in theories and empirical data, this volume provides contextualized thinking on the changing nature of work, leadership, work culture, policy and innovation in the Asia-Pacific. The rich insights from this Companion can also inform future cross cultural studies both locally and across the globe.’ -- Leigh Anne Liu, Georgia State University, US
‘This Companion captures a wide range of issues critical to managing people in the Asia-Pacific context and offers valuable new insights into the world of work post-Covid-19. It is a must-read for readers interested in learning more about human resource management in the Asia-Pacific for a productive future of work.' -- Fang Lee Cooke, Monash University, Australia
Table of ContentsContents: PART I THE CHANGING NATURE OF WORK AND WORKERS Introduction to Managing People Across the Asia-Pacific: An Organizational Psychology Approach 2 Eddy S. Ng, Jonathan E. Ramsay, Jacob Wood and K. Thirumaran 1 The post-pandemic workplace: issues and insights for future research and action 19 Pengji Wang, Shaoyuan Chen, Angeline Lim Cuifang and Sophia Zhao Xiuxi 2 Telework and telecommuting as new work forms 47 Yvette Blount and Lucy Taksa 3 Independent working and the gig economy 63 Mingming Cheng and Amy Wei Tian 4 Challenges in managing a multigenerational and diverse workforce 77 Masud Chand 5 The global workforce in Asia 93 Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos and Ioannis C. Thanos PART II LEADING AND MANAGING IN ASIA 6 Asian leadership: foundations, diversity and challenges 112 Smita Singh and Sophia Zhao Xiuxi 7 Groups and teams in the Asia-Pacific 131 Naina Gupta 8 Recruitment in China 147 Lin-Ya Hong and Fabian Jintae Froese 9 Supervisors’ prosocial feedback delivery: dispositional trait and motivational concerns 168 Joyce S. Pang and Jisoo Ock 10 Managing burnout and wellbeing 183 Bek Wuay Tang, Jacinth Tan and William Tov 11 The quest for work–life balance 200 Xi Wen (Carys) Chan, Paula Brough, Carolyn Timms and Sherry S.Y. Aw 12 Employee engagement in East Asia 218 Jihye Oh and Shuang Frances Wu PART III THE ASIAN WORK ENVIRONMENT 13 Organizational culture in Asian societies 250 Pengji Wang, Caroline Yook Ling Wong, Emiel L. Eijdenberg, Adrian Bradshaw and Chun Meng Tang 14 Virtual work challenges and opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region: the role of organizational virtual work climate 269 Lama Blaique and Ashly Pinnington 15 Organizational power and politics in Asia 289 Diep Nguyen, Stephen Teo and Nguyen-Vuong Khoi 16 Corporate language policy and its implementation in Asia-Pacific business 316 Anna J.C. Hsu and Kevin Au 17 Religion and spirituality in the Asian workforce 334 Barry Tse, Kuhanesan Naidu and Jonathan E. Ramsay PART IV POLICY AND INNOVATION IN ASIA 18 Asian economies in transition 352 Sook Rei Tan, Haejin Jang, Benedict Atkinson and Jacob Wood 19 How power distance shapes social and employment protections in Asian societies 377 Ulrike Sengstschmid and Chan-Hoong Leong 20 Driving creativity and innovation in Asia 403 Sean T.H. Lee and Angela K.-y. Leung Index
