Culture and Gender in Leadership Perspectives from the Middle East a
The overall aim of this volume is to present the research studies carried out in the Middle East and Asia in the fields of culture and gender and their influence on leadership in particular. The cultures and practices of these geographical regions are ver
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Culture and Gender in Leadership Perspectives from the Middle East and Asia Edited by
James Rajasekar Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman
and
Loo-See Beh University of Malaya, Malaysia
Selection, introduction and editorial content © James Rajasekar and Loo-See Beh 2013 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2013 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-1-137-31156-6 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-45695-6 DOI 10.1057/9781137311573
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To my wife, Viji, and children, Akhil and Talia J.R. To family and friends L.-S.B.
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
ix
Acknowledgements
xi
Notes on Contributors
xii
Introduction and Overview James Rajasekar and Loo-See Beh
1
Section I Leadership 1 Leadership in the East: A Social Capital Perspective Loo-See Beh and William R. Kennan
9
2 Visionary Leadership in the Arab World: Its Nature and Outcomes in the Omani Workplace James Rajasekar, Salem Al Abri and Yasser S. Tabouk
37
3 Leadership Perspective from the Philippines: Its Implications for Theory, Research and Practice Francis Thaise A. Cimene and Alan N. Aladano
48
4 Conceptualizing Leadership for a Globalizing China Xiao Ran Song and David Beckett 5 Evolving Agencies amid Rapid Social Change: Political Leadership and State–Civil Society Relations in China Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh
64
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