Asian Women Leadership: A Cross-National and Cross-Sector Comparison

247 Pages·2019·5.106 MB·English

by  Chin-Chung Chao, Louisa Ha

ASIAN WOMEN LEADERSHIP
Thisbookisaninterdisciplinaryanthologygroundedinscholarlyresearchthatoffersaconcise
butin-depthexaminationandexpositionofleadershipthathelpsreadersbettergraspthebasics
ofthevariousaspectsofAsianleadershipandexaminesthepracticesofAsianwomenleadership
acrosssectorsinAsianandwesterncountries.
While many leadership books effectively describe leadership styles and/or outline various
approaches to leadership, this book focuses on Asian women leadership and illustrates per-
formedstyles,experiences,opportunities,challengesandmanagementstrategiesacrosssectors
rangingfromhighereducation,business,nonprofitorganizations,themediaindustry,politics
andsocial movement toimmigration, usingbothquantitative andqualitative approaches.
Itcanserveasahandyreferenceforaspiringwomenleaders,academicresearchers,general
readers and students who want to study Asian women leadership, work in Asian societies
and/orworkwithAsians.
Chin-ChungChaoisAssociateProfessorofCommunicationattheUniversityofNebraskain
Omaha.Herprimaryresearchinterestsspanconflictmanagement,leadership,interculturalcom-
munication,organizationalcommunicationandmediacommunication.Sheservedaspresidentof
theAssociationforChineseCommunicationStudies(ACCS)in2011/12andchairoftheAsian/
Pacific American Communication Studies Division (APACS) in 2012/13. In addition, she has
servedontheeditorialboardsoftheJournalofInterculturalCommunicationResearch,2011–present)and
the Journal of International and Intercultural Communication (2015-present). Her research has won
multipleawards.
LouisaHaisEditor-in-ChiefofJournalismandMassCommunicationQuarterlyandProfessor,School
ofMediaandCommunication,andfounderandleaderoftheEmergingMediaResearchClusterat
BowlingGreenStateUniversity.Her2007editedbook,WebcastingWorldwide,BusinessModelsofan
EmergingGlobalMedium,wastherecipientofthe2007AEJMCRobertPicardBookAwardandthe
bookhasbeentranslatedintoChinese.HerlatesteditedbookisTheAudienceandBusinessofYou-
TubeandOnlineVideos.Herresearchinterestsaremediamanagement,mediatechnologies,online
videosandadvertising,comparativecommunicationandaudienceresearch.
‘The range of topics, geography, and social location of contributions in this col-
lection about Asian and Asian American women’s relationship to leadership is
remarkable and exciting. The editors have brought together authors who address
issues across sectors, from academic to business to politics to non-profit organiza-
tions, and across cultures, from China to Vietnam to India to Korea to the U.S.
The volume contributes to the great gaps in our awareness of Asian and Asian
American women’s experiences and the differences they make in their approach to
leadership.Whenaretheyviewedaslegitimateintheirexerciseofpower?Dothey
use their social locations as wives, activists, faculty members and editors, profes-
sionals, and heads of organizations in different ways, using different resources?
Readers are invited to consider these and other questions, challenging assumptions
about both women and leadership.’
—Lana F. Rakow, Professor Emerita, University of North Dakota, USA
‘It is an ambitious goal to prepare a new generation of Asian women leaders who
are competent and independent with resources and networks. And this is an
ambitious and groundbreaking study that reveals the diversity of and rich potential
in studying Asian women leadership and the benefit to leadership study. Chapter
15 is a collection of the previous 13 studies, which are rich in content, persuasive
arguments, distinct views and an optimistic attitude. It discusses how Asian women
leadership contributes to knowledge of Asian women leaders as immigrant leaders,
minority leaders, and disadvantaged leaders and how the Asian culture influences
their leadershipstyles. It will alsobe inspirational for students of leadership, gender,
society and culture.’
—Changfeng Chen, Professor, School of Journalism and
Communication, Tsinghua University, China
ASIAN WOMEN
LEADERSHIP
A Cross-National and Cross-Sector
Comparison
Edited by Chin-Chung Chao and Louisa Ha
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CONTENTS
List of illustrations viii
Acknowledgements ix
List of contributors x
PARTI
Introduction 1
1 Introduction to Asian women leadership 3
Chin-Chung Chao and Louisa Ha
PARTII
Asian women leadership in academia 9
2 Leadership style and success experience of Chinese women
academic leaders in China, Taiwan and the United States 11
Louisa Ha, Nicky Chang Bi and Fiouna Ruonan Zhang
3 Breaking the bamboo and glass ceilings: Challenges and
opportunities for Asian and Asian American women faculty
leaders 28
Lisa K. Hanasono, Julia M. Matuga and Margaret M. Yacobucci
PARTIII
Asian women leadership in politics and social movements 47
4 The rise and downfall of dynastic female leaders in Asia 49
Mark R. Thompson
vi Contents
5 The “first” first lady of China and the “first Black” first lady of
America in the media’s portrayal 63
Chin-Chung Chao and Yahui Zhang
6 Unnie comes out: Conceptualizing egalitarian leadership among
South Korean women 77
Young Eun Moon and Hwan Hee Kim
7 Soong Ching-ling and Soong Mei-ling: For the love of one’s
motherland 93
Qi Wang
PARTIV
Asian women leadership in news media 107
8 Female leadership in Vietnam: Traditional gender norms,
gender quota policy and the media 109
Hong Tien Vu
9 Women leaders in India’s newsrooms: Challenges and
perspectives 125
Dhiman Chattopadhyay and Sriya Chattopadhyay
PARTV
Asian women leadership in business, non-profit
organizations and rural communities 143
10 A pentadic analysis: The realism, idealism and mysticism of
Chinese female leadership 145
Yahui Zhang
11 Gender and career development in nonprofit organizations:
Comparative study of female leadership in China, South Africa
and the U.S. 159
Ming Xie and Minghui Pang
12 Cultivating leadership among Indian women in climate change
adaptation 173
Peggy Christoff, Aideé Saucedo Dávila, Jasmeet Kaur and Jamie M.
Sommer
Contents vii
PARTVI
Asian women leaders as immigrants and minorities 191
13 Breaking the bamboo ceiling and reframing success: Perspectives
from professional Chinese immigrant women on work, life and
leadership 193
Qi Tang
14 Asian American and Hong Kong Chinese women leaders 207
Jean Lau Chin
15 Future outlook of Asian women leadership and research
directions 218
Louisa Ha and Chin-Chung Chao
Index 227
ILLUSTRATIONS
Figures
8.1 Percentage of male and female leader sources in news stories 115
12.1 Female literacy rate in India: Census 2011 182
12.2 Female labor force participation rate (LFPR) in India 185
Tables
3.1 Faculty members’ decision to seek academic leadership
positions by gender and race 37
3.2 Comparing faculty groups’ levels of institutional barriers,
interpersonal barriers, and discrimination 38
3.3 Summary of analyses investigating the mediation of
institutional barriers, interpersonal barriers, and discrimination
on the relationship between faculty groups and their decision
to pursue an academic leadership position 39
4.1 National female dynastic leaders in east and south Asia 50
5.1 Study operationalization/coding book 70
8.1 Appearances of female/male leaders by work sector 116
12.1 Indicators for women’s leadership ranking by state 179
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We wish to express our greatest appreciation to our book contributors without
whom this book would not be possible.
Also,thisbookcombinesfourrefereedarticlespublishedinaspecialissueonChinese
womenleadershipinChinaMediaResearchwithmodifications.Therefore,Iwouldlike
toacknowledgeChinaMediaResearch’sofficialpermissiontoreprintthefourarticles.
In addition, our thanks go to Dr Guo-Ming Chen, co-editor of China Media
Research, who is highly supportive of Chinese and Taiwanese scholars in the USA
and helped connect us with the publisher, Routledge.
We would also like to show our gratitude to two anonymous reviewers for
commenting on our book proposal, which greatly improved our book plan.
Moreover, we are immensely grateful to Yongling Lam, our editor at Routle-
dge, and Samantha Phua, senior editorial assistant at Routledge, who provided us
with prompt responses and strong support that helped keep this book on the right
track and ready for publication in a timely manner.
Last, but not least, we are indebted to our family members, who are the very
source of motivation for our academic pursuits.