Chinese Women in Leadership

First book to provide a broad and current account of women leaders in China
Serves as a basis for the development of a future research agenda for international comparison studies on women in leadership
Compares and contrasts the different challenges, barriers, and opportunities facing Chinese women leaders with women leaders in other Asian and non-Asian countries

Jie Ke is Associate Professor of Human Resource Development in the College of Education and Human Development at Jackson State University, USA. Her research interests include Chinese HRD/management, evaluation and assessment, women’s leadership development, Chinese family entrepreneurship, motivations and needs of adult undergraduates, and effectiveness of eLearning. She serves on the Board of Directors and as Co-chair of China SIG for Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD).

Gary N. McLean (EdD, PhD hon) is professor in the PhD program in organization development (OD) at Assumption University, Bangkok, and adjunct professor in the PhD program in HROD at the National Institute for Development Administration (NIDA) in Bangkok. He is professor emeritus, human resource development, University of Minnesota, and former professor at Texas A&M University and International Islamic University, Malaysia. He is past editor of several refereed journals and served as President of AHRD and IMDA. He was President of McLean Global Consulting, a family business and has been active in OD for almost 50 years with an international focus and authored an award-winning OD book. He has a lifelong interest in gender research.