The Cultural Context of Leadership and Power - Hardcover

Sinha, Jai B P

9780803992313: The Cultural Context of Leadership and Power

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803992319 ISBN 13: 9780803992313

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 1995

"A careful reading of this well-written and timely book should be compulsory reading for our policy-makers, cabinet ministers, pracitisng managers, and students of business management and organisational behaviour." --The Hindu "All models in the book are fascinating... Prof. Sinha has spared no opportunity to make comparisons between western and Indian styles of leadership. This is an excellent tool for any student of leadership -- not just in organizations, but also at the college level." --Indian Review of Books "That the book is highly readable, cultural in persepctive and integrative in nature says a lot for the author. This volume will be of considerable interest to practising managers and to students of business management, organisational behaviour and social psychology." --Financial Express "Here is a book which makes one do a rethink on the value systems and a priority analysis of one′s way of life." --Business Line Providing basic scientific knowledge on two of the most crucial aspects of organizational behavior, leadership, and power, The Cultural Context of Leadership and Power supplies empirical evidence and concrete examples, without resorting to statistics and jargon, allowing readers to understand complex concepts and structures. The author identifies effective styles of leadership and constructive uses of power and shows how a synergetic work culture can be developed within organizations. He also traces the concepts of leadership and power to their roots while highlighting controversies. The book then discusses their current status and the manner in which recent theories from India and Japan have given them a new perspective. Highly readable, cultural in perspective, and integrative in nature, The Cultural Context of Leadership and Power will be of considerable interest to practicing managers and to students of business management, organizational behavior, and social psychology.

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About the Author:

Jai B.P. Sinha is Professor, Psychology and Management at the ASSERT Institute of Management Studies, Patna. He has a long-standing career of over 40 years in research and teaching. He is an authority on cultural influences on organizational behaviour. He taught psychology in Bihar, Ranchi, and Patna universities. He was a Visiting Professor at Hunter College, New York, and Wake Forest University, NC (USA), where he taught social psychology. He taught cross-cultural management courses during his tenure as a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal (Canada). In 2005, he was a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Management at the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

Professor Sinha is also a well-known writer and has authored several books. His latest publications include Patterns of Work Culture: Cases and Strategies for Culture Building (SAGE 2000), Managing Cultural Diversity for Productivity: The Asian Ways (ed.) (Asian Productivity Organization 2000), and Multinationals in India: Managing the Interface of Cultures (SAGE 2004).

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