Chapter 5: Asian Model of Managerial Efficacy and Leadership: A Glimpse into the Future

This chapter reports on programmatic research to map profiles of functions practiced in corporations in Asia countries and studies the impact of organizational context factors on these functions. A program of research on these questions developed and employed the Managerial Efficacy Profile (MEP). Managers from 10 Asian nations were investigated: Japan (n=382), China (n =519), Taiwan (n= 140), Singapore (n=25), the Philippines (n=116), Thailand (n= 109), Malaysia (n= 101), Indonesia (n = 38), Vietnam (n= 21), and India (n = 48). This research revealed different profiles of MEP. In addition, LMX leadership was found to play a key role in each nation’s managerial efficacy profile. The implications of these findings are discussed and suggestions for future research are offered.