As organizations and leadership become more global, there are pressing needs for better developed conceptual models and definitions of what is meant by global leadership. Further, there is a need to integrate models and empirical evidence from multiple cultures and from non-Western authors.

Preface. Introduction. Introduction: International perspectives on leadership: A Leopard in the dark woods. A serendipitous sojourn through the global leadership literature. Take me to your leader. Trends, developments and gaps in cross-cultural research on leadership. Transformational and transactional leader behaviors in chinese organizations: Differential effects in the People's Republic of China and Taiwan. Leadership in China: Recent studies on relationship building. Leadership and the pursuit of status: Effects of globalization and economic transformation. Introduction: Leading international teams and alliances: Connecting the Leopard's spots at a distance. Overcoming time and distance: International virtual executive teams. Alliance leadership: Template for the future. Perceptual distance: The impact of differences in team leader and member perceptions across cultures. The challenges of long-distance leadership: A view from Asia. Introduction: Growing the Leopard's spots: Developing global leadership. Building a leadership pipeline. Developing global leaders: To hold on to them, let them go!. Advances in global leadership: The women's global leadership forum. Conclusions. About the Editors. About the contributors. Table of contents from volume 1.