The role of leadership in human resource management: perspectives and evidence from Asia Pacific

Abstract

The objective of this special issue is to advance our understanding of the role of leadership at all levels of organizational hierarchies in promoting effective human resource management (HRM) in the broadly defined Asia Pacific region. Leadership and HRM are two key factors affecting outcomes at organizational, team/unit, and individual levels either within the same country or in a cross-border context (Boada-Cuerva, Trullen, and Valverde 2019; Chang 2016; McClean and Collins 2019; Steffensen et al. 2019). However, the development of the two fields to date has largely occurred in parallel (Vermeeren, Kuipers, and Steijn 2014), thus not capturing the full range of potential benefits and insights to be gained from analyses drawing on both fields and creating an urgent need to integrate research on leadership and HRM in various contexts (Boada-Cuerva, Trullen, and Valverde 2019; McClean and Collins 2019; Steffensen et al. 2019).