E-Books →The Culture of Leadership in Contemporary China Conflict, Values, and Perspectives for a New Generation

This book examines the role of traditional Chinese values, ideology, and philosophy as a key determinant in modern China's leadership succession. The author asserts that, as communist ideology wanes, Chinese leaders will turn to their own traditional values found in Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism to establish legitimacy to rule as they seek to promote Chinese prominence and greatness in the world.
The author's research assesses China's promotion of its own traditional values in rejecting foreign value influence. Since the inception of modern China at the beginning of the 20th century, China's leadership transition has evolved from an authoritarian, cult-like dictatorship to a consensus-oriented process. In researching this metamorphosis, this book offers social, political, cultural, and historical perspectives to demonstrate that Chinese human values and character factors have risen in prominence as key elements in the mandate of Chinese governance and leadership.
The author concludes that Chinese leadership values and its study and diffusion across sectors of Chinese leadership-including business, organizations, and government-have become a means to accentuate Chinese values as a viable alternative to Western claims of absolute and universally accepted values.
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