Leading for High Performance in Asia Contemporary Research and Evide
How do leaders lead for high performance in Asia, the fastest growing region in the world? What are the new leadership influential processes and skillsets needed to engage the organizational members in creative and meaningful ways? In this book, readers w
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ading for High Performance in Asia Contemporary Research and EvidenceBased Practices
Leading for High Performance in Asia
Sen Sendjaya Editor
Leading for High Performance in Asia Contemporary Research and Evidence-Based Practices
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Editor Sen Sendjaya Swinburne Business School Swinburne University of Technology Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
ISBN 978-981-13-6073-2 ISBN 978-981-13-6074-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6074-9
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Preface
As nearly 60% of the world’s population reside in Asia, the region has evolved into the hub of global diversity and innovation. It is no doubt the fastest growing region in the world. The latest data to date show that Asia is the top foreign direct investment (FDI) destination in the world capturing a third of the $1.76 trillion in global FDI share. The implications for leaders of organisations operating in Asia are enormous, particularly in the light of the following strategic challenges and opportunities. First, the digital disruption of business models and practices is continuing to rewrite rules and rearrange boundaries of business. While it has helped create strong and steady economic growth in the region, it forces businesses to operate in a novel and ambiguous context. As such, organisational leaders are expected to engage in strategic sensemaking in order to provide meaning and direction, lest the organisational inertia sets in. Leaders are charged with directing creative people and efforts which require influential processes distinct from traditional leadership operating in norm
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