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Leadership Development in Emerging Market Economies

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  • Fills a gap in leadership development by shifting focus from Western developed economies to underexplored but key regions
  • Offers indigenous perspectives and practices, with contributors from the region which they discuss
  • Highlights BRICs, CIVETS, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Middle East

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. BRICs

  2. Asia

  3. Africa and the Middle East

  4. Eastern Europe

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About this book

This edited volume provides an overview of the current state and indigenous practices of leadership development (LD) in a select group of emerging market economies, including BRICS, Southeast and East Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Africa. While some authors focus exclusively on LD in the business sector, others discuss such topics as LD in higher education, the role of higher education institutions in leadership development for managers and executives, the role of religious institutions, and LD in the government and public sectors. Further, chapters on Brazil, Malaysia, Russia, Thailand, South Africa and South Korea include case studies of LD in individual companies. These cases and examples can be used in discussions of indigenous LD practices in courses on international and cross-cultural HRD, HRM, and leadership and organization development. Readers will benefit from this unique view of indigenous practices and perspectives from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds: HRD, HRM, and management and leadership studies. It is an essential read for academic audiences who recognize leadership development as a dominant trend both in developed and emerging economies.

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“Academics and practitioners parched for evidence-based, informed views on leader and leadership development outside Western / Northern mainstream cultures will have their intellectual thirst both satisfied and stimulated by this valuable compendium of insights into philosophies, research, and practice--of leadership in public, private and MNC contexts in BRICS and other countries not frequently covered in talent development scholarship.”  (Victoria J. Marsick, Professor, Columbia University, USA)

“This impressive volume opens up the highly timely topic of leadership development within an often overlooked part of the world: that of emerging markets. Over 17 chapters, a group of truly diverse and renowned scholars cover the theory and practice of leadership development in countries ranging from Brazil to Vietnam and from Poland to Ghana. This book contains a wealth of knowledge for anyone interested in the development of upcoming market economies.” (Rob F. Poell, Professor, Tilburg University, The Netherlands)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, USA

    Alexandre Ardichvili

  • Texas A&M at Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, USA

    Khalil Dirani

About the editors

Alexandre Ardichvili is Professor of HRD and Hellervik Endowed Chair in Leadership and Adult Career Development at the University of Minnesota. He holds a PhD in HRD from the University of Minnesota, USA and a doctorate in management from the Moscow State University, Russia.  Alexandre has published two books and more than 70 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in international HRD, business ethics, leadership, and knowledge management. He is the President of the University Council on Work and Human Resource Education.



Khalil M. Dirani is Associate Professor of HRD and Program Chair of the Education Human Resource Development program at Texas A&M University. He holds PhD in HRD from the University of Illinois.  Khalil has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on learning organization cultures, transfer of learning, and international HRD. He served on the Academy of HRD Board of Directors and worked on the AHRD Global Strategy.






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