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Children’s Image of Leadership in China

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Leadership has been a focus in the Chinese culture and philosophy since antiquity. Philosophers such as Confucius (Ware, 1995) and Mencius (Lau, 1970) advised the emperors and leaders of the time. Now, China is transformed from the world’s greatest opponent of globalization into a committed advocate of globalization (Overholt, 2005). The opening of the People’s Republic of China, together with the steady economic growth in the past few years, has aroused an increasing interest in Chinese leadership and culture (Fu et al., 2007).

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Liu, L., Ayman, R., Ayman-Nolley, S. (2012). Children’s Image of Leadership in China. In: Turnbull, S., Case, P., Edwards, G., Schedlitzki, D., Simpson, P. (eds) Worldly Leadership. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230361720_7

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