| The purpose of this study is to establish a profile of leadership styles of Asian-American male and female managers from three major Asian ethnic groups, namely Chinese-American, Korean-American, and Japanese-American, in Fortune 1000 companies in the U.S. The profile included dominant leadership style of the Asian-American managers. In addition, examination of similarities and differences of leadership style, leadership style range, and leadership style adaptability based on gender and ethnicity was also conducted.;A sample of 132 Asian-American managers completed the demographic questionnaire and LEAD-Self instrument. The descriptive statistics and Chi-Square test were utilized for analysis.;The results of the study yielded several important findings. For leadership style, the finding suggested that Asian American male and female managers overwhelmingly utilize Selling (high task and high relationship) as primary style and Participating (low task and high relationship) as secondary styles. Two other leadership styles, Telling (high task and low relationship) and Delegating (low task and low relationship), were very seldom utilized. For the differences based on ethnicity, Chinese-American and Korean-American managers both employed Selling as primary and Participating as secondary. It was Participating as primary and Selling as secondary for Japanese-American managers.;For leadership range of flexibility that refers to the extent to which an individual manager is able to vary his or her leadership style in different situations, Asian-American managers were mostly in the moderate to high ranges of flexibility. Male and female managers were similar in their leadership style range.;For style adaptability, the degree to which a leader is able to vary his or her style appropriately to meet the demands of a given situation, the majority of Asian American managers fell within the moderate adaptability level, indicating that these managers have the ability to appropriately vary their leadership styles to meet the demands of a given situation. No significant difference was found based on gender or ethnicity.;While this study is exploratory in nature and its scope limited to three study groups, the findings provided more illumination on the Asian-American leadership topic and, more specifically, the leadership styles of Asian-American managers. |
