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Book SynopsisConfronted with rapid changes and market-place pressures, managers throughout Asia are questioning their leadership. This book will help them integrate their traditions with modern practices to forge approaches suitable for their cultures and effective for today's global market demands. It also helps Western managers adapt their methods so that they can lead successfully in Asia-Pacific.To be successful, Asia-Pacific leaders must work to develop effective, close relationships with their employees and among their employees. Chapters written by scholars from ten Asia-Pacific countries highlight this common theme and also describe the expectations and orientations which managers can expect in a particular country.
Table of ContentsThe Leadership Challenge in High Growth Asia: Developing Relationships (D Tjosvold & K Leung); Understanding Leadership in Diverse Cultures: Implications of Project GLOBE for Leading International Ventures (V Gupta & R House); Leadership Strategies and Relationship Competence Development (Z-M Wang); Leadership in Taiwanese Enterprises (B-S Cheng et al.); Organizational Leadership in the Malaysian Context (A A Mahfooz et al.); Leadership Challenges and Excellence in Singapore (L K Koh & W S Wong); Leadership Effectiveness in Thailand (D Bhanthumnavin & D Bhanthumnavin); Leadership in Indonesia: A Case for Managing Relationship within Organizations (S G Darwis); Culturally Sensitive Leadership in the Philippine Setting (B L Teehankee); The Egalitarian Leader: Leadership in Australia and New Zealand (N M Ashkanasy et al.).
