Leading for High Performance in Asia: Contemporary Research and Evidence-Based Practices

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 will find strategic insights and tips derived from cutting-edge studies on specific leadership and management issues in Asia. Using a range of methodologies from in-depth interviews, field surveys, and computer simulation, the studies include the following topics: Strategies to foster citizenship and pro-social behaviors in high-performing firms; the roles of culture-specific values such as paternalism and collectivism, the construction of leader identity, the effects of leadership on team satisfaction, the development of female leaders, and key lessons in strategic leadership development. Featuring studies conducted in China, Indonesia, Singapore, and Australia, this book will equip readers with a setof strategic and actionable tools for tackling the leadership challenges in Asia. Further, each chapter includes a ‘Managerial Implications’ section, in which subject experts share evidence-based practical and contextual recommendations.

About the Author

Sen Sendjaya, PhD. is Professor of Leadership at Swinburne Business School, Melbourne, Australia. Over the course of his career he has developed leaders in the government, transportation, higher education, and finance sectors, enabling them to produce profound and lasting impacts on their followers and organizations. Sen is a leading scholar on servant leadership, and has authored Personal and Organizational Excellence through Servant Leadership (Springer, 2015).