Description
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.
Table of Contents
PART I: WORLDLY LEADERSHIP FRAMES Introduction: The Emerging Case for Worldly Leadership National Language and its Importance for Worldly Leadership Leadership Development as a Catalyst for Social Change: Lessons from a Pan-African Programme The Internationalization of Leadership Development Using the Worldly Leadership Lens to Approach the Task of Developing Women Leaders Worldly Leadership and Concepts of Community PART II: WORLDLY LEADERSHIP RESEARCH Children's Image of Leadership in China Implicit Leadership in Iran: Differences Between Leader and Boss and Gender Leadership in the Arab Middle East: Does the Islamic Tradition Provide a Basis for 'Worldly Leadership'? Worldly Leadership through Local Knowledge: Discovering Voices of Emirati Women Business Leaders Worldly Leadership in Pakistan Seth Organizations: An Empirical Challenge to the Concept of Global Leadership Linking the Worldly Mindset with an Authentic Leadership Approach: an Exploratory Study in a Middle-Eastern Context The Modern Challenges Facing Traditional Igbo Village Leadership Influences, Tensions, and Competing Identities in Indian Business Leaders' Stories The Competing and Paradoxical Identities in the Narratives of 21st Century Russian Leaders
