TY - JOUR
T1 - Public Executive Leadership in East and West
T2 - An Examination of HRM Factors in Eight Countries
AU - Berman, Evan
AU - Wang, Chun-Yuan
AU - Chen, Chung-An
AU - Wang, XiaoHu
AU - Lovrich, Nicholas
AU - Jan, Chung-Yuang
AU - Jing, Yijia
AU - Liu, Wei
AU - Gomes, Ricardo
AU - Sonco II, Jose Tiu
AU - Meléndez, Claudio
AU - Hsieh, Jun-yi
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - The Asia-Pacific region is known for examples of public managers taking initiative for addressing large challenges and opportunities, but recent concerns are that public leadership is greatly reduced in the new democratic and media-conscious era. Comparative data from South Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, Malaysia, the United States, India, Brazil, and Chile show that perceptions of strong public executive leadership in Asia-Pacific are similar to those in the United States (respectively 40% and 35%). Perceived leadership is greater in stable, one-party regimes (Malaysia, Mainland China), than in those that have party turnover (Taiwan, South Korea). This article also argues that HRM factors affect the calculus of leaders' initiative-taking, and finds that in both the East and West public executive leadership is associated with HR factors affecting recruitment, selection, compensation, appraisal, rewards, and satisfaction with civil service systems. This article calls for further research and strategic HRM actions that strengthen public executive leadership in democracies. © 2013 SAGE Publications.
AB - The Asia-Pacific region is known for examples of public managers taking initiative for addressing large challenges and opportunities, but recent concerns are that public leadership is greatly reduced in the new democratic and media-conscious era. Comparative data from South Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, Malaysia, the United States, India, Brazil, and Chile show that perceptions of strong public executive leadership in Asia-Pacific are similar to those in the United States (respectively 40% and 35%). Perceived leadership is greater in stable, one-party regimes (Malaysia, Mainland China), than in those that have party turnover (Taiwan, South Korea). This article also argues that HRM factors affect the calculus of leaders' initiative-taking, and finds that in both the East and West public executive leadership is associated with HR factors affecting recruitment, selection, compensation, appraisal, rewards, and satisfaction with civil service systems. This article calls for further research and strategic HRM actions that strengthen public executive leadership in democracies. © 2013 SAGE Publications.
KW - Asia-Pacific
KW - HRM
KW - leadership
KW - public governance
KW - senior managers
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U2 - 10.1177/0734371X13484827
DO - 10.1177/0734371X13484827
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0734-371X
VL - 33
SP - 164
EP - 184
JO - Review of Public Personnel Administration
JF - Review of Public Personnel Administration
IS - 2
ER -