Culture and Gender in Leadership

1. Introduction and Overview
James Rajasekar, Loo-See Beh

Section I. Leadership

2. Leadership in the East: A Social Capital Perspective
Loo-See Beh, William R. Kennan

3. Visionary Leadership in the Arab World: Its Nature and Outcomes in the Omani Workplace
James Rajasekar, Salem Al Abri, Yasser S. Tabouk

4. Leadership Perspective from the Philippines: Its Implications for Theory, Research and Practice
Francis Thaise A. Cimene, Alan N. Aladano

5. Conceptualizing Leadership for a Globalizing China
Xiao Ran Song, David Beckett

6. Evolving Agencies amid Rapid Social Change: Political Leadership and State–Civil Society Relations in China
Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh

Section II. Culture

7. Organizational Leadership Decision Making in Asia: The Chinese Ways
Alexandre A. Bachkirov

8. Glocalization of Leadership and Cultural Implications for Higher Education: A German-Saudi Case
Anna M. Danielewicz-Betz

9. Face’s Consequences: The Impact of “Face” on Leadership, Management and Follower Behaviour in Malaysia
Brian T. O’Donoghue

10. Indian Leadership: Concept and Context
Rajesh Kumar, Madhavi Harshadrai

11. Transformational Leadership in the Saudi Arabian Cultural Context: Prospects and Challenges
Sami A. Khan, Deepanjana Varshney

12. Expatriate and Omani Workplace Relationships and Individual Performance
Stuart M. Schmidt, Unnikammu Moideenkutty, Adil Al-Busaidi

Section III. Gender and Leadership

13. Glass Fence Thicker than Glass Ceiling: The Puzzling Gaps of Women’s Leadership in Korea
Hunmin Kim

14. Why Women Are Missing: Women’s Leadership in Afghanistan’s Education Policy and Practice
Susan Wardak, Edna Mitchell

15. The Development of Arab Women Leaders: An Emirati Perspective
Sara Alhaj, Constance Horne

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