Culture and Gender in Leadership

Introduction and Overview; James Rajasekar and Loo-See Beh PART I: LEADERSHIP 1. Leadership in the East: A Social Capital Perspective; Loo-See Beh and William R. Kennan 2. Visionary Leadership in the Arab World: Its nature and outcomes in the Omani Workplace; James Rajasekar, Salem Al-Abri and Yasser Tabouk 3. Leadership Perspectives from the Philippines: Its implication to theory, research and practice; Francis Thaise A. Cimene and Alan N. Aladano 4. Conceptualising Leadership for a Globalising China; Xiaoran Song and David Beckett 5. Evolving Agencies amidst Rapid Social Change: Political Leadership and State-Civil Society Relations in China; Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh PART II: CULTURE 6. Organizational Leadership Decision Making: The Chinese Dimension; Alexander A. Bachkirov 7. Glocalization Of Leadership and Cultural Implications For Higher Education: A German-Saudi Case; Anna M. Danielewicz-Betz 8. Faces Consequences: The Impact of Face on Leadership, Management and Follower Behaviour in Malaysia; Brian T. O'Donoghue 9. Indian Leadership: Concept and Context; Rajesh Kumar and Madhavi Harshadrai Mehta 10. Transformational Leadership in Saudi Arabian Cultural Context: Prospects and Challenges; Sami A. Khan and Deepanjana Varshney 11. Expatriate and Omani Workplace Relationships and Individual Performance; Stuart M. Schmidt, Unnikammu Moideenkutty and Adil Al Busaidi PART III: GENDER AND LEADERSHIP 12. Glass Fence Thicker than Glass Ceiling: The Puzzling Gaps of Women's Leadership in Korea; Hunmin Kim 13. Why Women are Missing: Women's Leadership in Afghanistan's Education Policy and Practice; Susan Wardak and Edna Mitchell 14. The Development of Arab Women Leaders: An Emirati Perspective; Sarah Alhaj and Constance Van Horne