Leadership and Management in China: Philosophies, Theories, and Practices

327 Pages·2008·1.97 MB·English

by  Chao-Chuan Chen

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Leadership and
Management in China
With the rise of China in the global economy, it has never been more
importantfor businessleaderstounderstand Chineseleadershipphiloso-
phiesandpractices.ThisisthefirstbooktoexplainhowancientChinese
thinkingandWesternthoughthaveshapedthedevelopmentofleadership
stylesinChina.LeadershiptheoriesassociatedwithConfucianism,Daoism,
Legalism,theArtofWar,andthewritingsofMaoandDengareanalyzed
by both Chinese and Western experts. To set this in a modern business
context, the book includes interviews with top executives, who reflect on
how their business values are affected by ancient Chinese philosophers,
modern Chinese leaders, and Western management writers and thinkers.
Thebookalsoincludesresearchonpaternalisticleadershipaspracticedby
businessleadersinTaiwan,HongKong,andmainlandChina.
Leadership and Management in China provides a significant step for-
wardinunderstandingthecomplexandvariednatureofleadershipstyles
inmodernChinesebusiness.
chao-chuan chen is Professor of Management and Global Business
atRutgersBusinessSchool,RutgersUniversity.
yueh-ting lee is Professor of Psychology and Dean of the College of
ArtsandSciencesattheUniversityofToledo.

Leadership and
Management in China
Philosophies, Theories, and Practices
Edited by
chao-chuan chen and yueh-ting lee
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To the memory of Jim Meindl: great teacher, collaborator,
and friend
To our beloved wives: Wen-hua Ren and Fong Wei

Contents
List of figures pag e ix
List of tables x
List of contributor s xi
Prefa ce xv
Acknow ledgment s xvii
Intr oductio n: The diver sity and dynamism of Chi nese
phil osophie s on leadership 1
Chao-chua n Chen and Yueh -ting Le e
Pa rt I The Conf ucian found ations
1 The Conf ucian and Mencian phil osophy of benevol ent
leade rship 31
Xin-hu i Yan g, Yan -qin Peng, and Yueh-t ing Lee
2 Bridgi ng Confucia nism and Legal ism: Xunzi’s philosop hy
of sage-k ingship 51
Yan-qin Peng,Chao-chuan Chen, and Xin-hui Yang
Pa rt II Alter native traditio nal Chin ese leadershi p
phil osophie s
3 Daoi st leadershi p: theory and applicat ion 83
Yueh -ting Lee, Ai-guo Han, Tammy K. Byron, and
Hong-xia Fan
4 Lead ership theory of Legal ism an d its funct ion in
Conf ucian soci ety 108
Kwang-kuo Hwang
5 Strat egic leadership of Sunzi in the Art of war 143
Hai-fa Sun,Chao-chuan Chen, andShi-he Zhang
vii
viii Contents
Part III Mod ern Chi nese leade rship theories and pract ices
6 Pa ternalistic leadershi p in Chi nese organi zations:
rese arch progress and futur e rese arch directions 171
Jiin g-lih Farh , Jian Liang, Li-f ang Chou, and
Bor-shiuan Cheng
7 The leadershi p theori es and pract ices of M ao Zedon g an d
Deng Xiaoping 206
Xin-anLu and Jie Lu
8 Chi nese tradi tions and Western theories : influ ences on
bus iness leaders in Chin a 239
Zhi-xueZhang, Chao-chuan Chen, Leigh Anne Liu, and
Xue-feng Liu
9 Link ing Chin ese leadershi p theory and pract ice to
the world: leade rship secr ets of the Middl e Kingd om 272
Geor ge Bear Graen
Index 298