Exploring managerial leadership in Vietnam: where Confucianism meets Dharma

Selvarajah, Christopher; Meyer, Denny

doi:10.1080/13602381.2020.1732635

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“…One of the strongest loading variables in all four countries was employee motivation, and one of the weakest was developing competitive strategies. The composition of the leadership excellence dimension was similar to that of the original conceptualization by Selvarajah et al [83], focusing on a broad range of highly important behaviors practiced by excellent leaders, aligning into a single dimension.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Previous implementations of the APEL model have found 37 to 60 different behaviors describing dimensions within the five behavioral categories, in a wide range of Asian countries [78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86], in Europe [87], and in Africa [88]. In this study, the APEL framework was extended to include ethical values as highlighted in Figure 4 to examine the relationship between leadership practices and ethical values of managers from the Central European Visegrád nations.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The APEL questionnaire consisting of 94 items for measuring leadership excellence through behaviors was developed by Selvarajah et al [77] and validated in Asia: Malaysia [79,80], China [81], Singapore [86], Vietnam [83], Cambodia [82], Thailand [89], and trialed in Europe, in the Netherlands [87] and trialed in Africa, in South Africa [88]. Comprehensive analysis of the results was conducted for selected ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries by Taormina and Selvarajah [78], confirming the applicability of the four broad categories identified in the APEL model.…”

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Weaknesses in the institutional environment of Central Europe challenge the sustainability of economic development. Institutional theory stipulates that institutions drive economic development, and institutions are configured by individual values and practices. The World Governance Indicators, the Corruption Perception Index, and the Doing Business Indicators indicate weaknesses in the institutional environments of the Visegrád countries. This paper explores the micro level perspective of institutions, focusing on values and practices, in terms of leadership and ethics. A survey of 868 private and public sector managers from Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia provides evidence that leadership practices and ethical values are congruent, suggesting a positive influence on the institutional environment. The results also provide evidence for the presence of the gap, spanning between the micro and the macro level factors affecting sustainable economic development. These results imply that a bottom-up view of sustainable economic development is more suitable to the Central European context, and promotion of sustainable economic development needs to focus on the micro level factors.

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“…'be socially and environmentally responsible', 'identify social trends which may have an impact on the work', 'respect the self-esteem of others', 'return favours', and 'accept that others will make mistakes') found to be significant in other studies (e.g. Selvarajah and Meyer, 2006, 2008a, 2008bSelvarajah et al, 2012Selvarajah et al, , 2013aSelvarajah et al, , 2013bSelvarajah, Meyer, Vinen and Trung, 2010;Selvarajah et al, 2014) were used to create the five EIL constructs. The fifth measure is an overall measure for leadership excellence based on those items that the Q-Sort considered to be the epitome of leadership in any organisational context.…”

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Dutch Managerial Leadership Strategies: Managing Uncertainty Avoidance, Feminine-Related Social Roles, Organisation Prosperity Focus, and Work Orientation within A Polder Framework

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This paper extends Schama's (1988) notion of moral geography where there is a determinacy link between an ecology and those managing organisations within it. We emphasise that the link is framed by its historical legacy of social ideals. This paper hypothesises that the egalitarian influence of the polder philosophy leads Dutch managers to value cooperative partnership based on consensus decision-making, in a symbiotic relationship between the manager and the community. Structural equation modelling of the data obtained from surveying 808 managers across occupational industry sectors in the Netherlands support this hypothesis. Results reveal that in the Netherlands (1) the external environment has an unique influence, through its impact Contemporary Management Research 88 on managerial behaviour; (2) the external environment has a profound influence on managers' personal qualities underpinned by their feminine-value-oriented social roles; and (3) organisational prosperity and work orientations are driven by environmental uncertainty avoidance and managers' feminine-valued social roles.

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“…This perhaps is the case of Confucian values. That a considerable number of researchers frame their studies on aspects of Vietnamese modern society (including education) drawing on ideas from Confucianism, for example, Truong, Hallinger, andSanga (2017), Selvarajah andMeyer (2020) and Tho (2016)…”

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A home away from home? An interpretative phenomenological analysis of Vietnamese students’ acculturation experiences in Aotearoa-New Zealand

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International students’ experiences are a major concern for universities and educational researchers. Globally, Vietnam is a top source country for international students. Universities in Aotearoa-New Zealand host an increasing number of Vietnamese students, but researchers often subsume this group into generic cultural and ethnic categories such as ‘Asian student’. As a result, little is known about their experience.<div> This study explores the everyday experiences of 10 Vietnamese master’s students from an Aotearoa-New Zealand university through a series of semi-structured in-depth interviews. An interpretative phenomenological analysis approach enabled me to capture the essential meanings of the participants’ experiences and understand what it was like to be Vietnamese students in Aotearoa-New Zealand. <div> </div>As the participants built new lives in Aotearoa-New Zealand, they dealt with the practicalities of uncomfortable or difficult housing conditions as well as established relationships within the diverse cultural contexts of the host country. Accommodation issues had a significant impact on their studies and sense of security and belonging. The students had a hard time finding a place to live. Not feeling comfortable, safe or at peace in their new houses, they did not feel like they were at home. They did not view their houses as a place where they could take refuge and leave the hustle of life outside. In academic settings, the students initially struggled to deal with a range of new and unfamiliar learning and teaching styles (e.g., classroom discussion) and conventions about referencing and citing. These made them feel overwhelmed and bewildered. During these formative months, many of them experienced language difficulties, a sense of cultural dislocation, and a deep yearning for their families. These difficulties forced them to learn to deal with challenges and become independent. The students drew strength from their Vietnamese cultural values and practices to overcome difficulties. Based on the findings, I propose a framework for exploring the experience of short-term Vietnamese international students. The study provides implications for host universities to assist Vietnamese students as they orient themselves to daily life in Aotearoa-New Zealand.</div>

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Exploring managerial leadership in Vietnam: where Confucianism meets Dharma

Cited by 11 publications

References 47 publications

Exploring Ethical Business in Central Europe: Leaders’ Values and Perspectives on Good Practices

Exploring Ethical Business in Central Europe: Leaders’ Values and Perspectives on Good Practices

Dutch Managerial Leadership Strategies: Managing Uncertainty Avoidance, Feminine-Related Social Roles, Organisation Prosperity Focus, and Work Orientation within A Polder Framework

A home away from home? An interpretative phenomenological analysis of Vietnamese students’ acculturation experiences in Aotearoa-New Zealand

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