Worldly Leadership [electronic resource] : Alternative Wisdoms for a Complex World /
Turnbull, S.editor.
Case, P.editor.
Edwards, G.editor.
Schedlitzki, D.editor.
Simpson, P.editor.
This book brings together non western, indigenous and eastern perspectives on leadership. Leadership theory has for too long been the exclusive domain of western academics developing leadership theories from the perspective of western institutions. Worldly leadership calls for pooling of the combined leadership wisdoms from all parts of the globe.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Foreword by Jonathan Gosling; Notes on Contributors; Part I Worldly Leadership Frames; 1 Introduction: The Emerging Case for Worldly Leadership; 2 National Language and its Importance for Worldly Leadership; 3 Leadership Development as a Catalyst for Social Change: Lessons from a Pan-African Programme; 4 The Internationalization of Leadership Development; 5 Using the Worldly Leadership Lens to Approach the Task of Developing Women Leaders; 6 Worldly Leadership and Concepts of Community
Part II Worldly Leadership Research7 Children's Image of Leadership in China; 8 Implicit Leadership in Iran: Differences between Leader and Boss and Gender; 9 Leadership in the Arab Middle East: Does the Islamic Tradition Provide a Basis for 'Worldly Leadership'?; 10 Worldly Leadership through Local Knowledge: Discovering Voices of Emirati Women Business Leaders; 11 Worldly Leadership in Pakistan Seth Organizations: An Empirical Challenge to the Concept of Global Leadership; 12 Linking the Worldly Mindset with an Authentic Leadership Approach: An Exploratory Study in a Middle Eastern Context
13 The Modern Challenges Facing Traditional Igbo Village Leadership14 Influences, Tensions and Competing Identities in Indian Business Leaders' Stories; 15 The Competing and Paradoxical Identities in the Narratives of Twenty-First-Century Russian Leaders; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book brings together non western, indigenous and eastern perspectives on leadership. Leadership theory has for too long been the exclusive domain of western academics developing leadership theories from the perspective of western institutions. Worldly leadership calls for pooling of the combined leadership wisdoms from all parts of the globe.
Leadership.
Management.
International economics.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Management.
International Economics.