emerald PUBLISHING Mentorship-Driven Talent Management: The Asian Experience

Evidence suggests that research on mentorship has been dominated by the West, and little is known about the cultural variations of the mentoring phenomenon. While some research has begun in emerging economies such as China and India, there is obviously a need for more research in different country contexts on the practice of mentoring, as well as its antecedents, intervening variables and expected outcomes in order to move the field forward. There is a need to identify the core theories and methodologies of mentorship which can be utilized to examine the Asian cultural context and the nuances of its management practices. This book aims to provide a deeper understanding of the contextual interpretation of mentoring by focusing on the Asian experience in countries such as China, India, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Bangladesh. Shining a light on the importance of cross-cultural awareness and demographic dynamics when applied to talent management, it questions the positivist trend of decontextualizing HRM from the social-historical context of the workplace. It will provide business leaders and scholars with a critical understanding of what makes development, training and competency initiatives thrive in particular cultural contexts under the influence of larger historical and social structures. Heeding the call for mentoring relationships to be studied across cultures, this book on mentoring experiences in Asia is the need of the hour. Review 'To date, studies of cultural differences between Western and Eastern models of mentoring have been sporadic. Payal Kumar and Pawan Budhwar have assembled 11substantive chapters in which authors offer unique organizational case studies, as well as qualitative and quantitative studies of mentoring relationships in countries including India, Thailand, China, Japan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Bangladesh. This is a must read for scholars and practitioners who claim to be experts on mentoring in a global context.' --Kathy E. Kram, Shipley Professor in Management Emerita, Boston University Questrom School of Business, USA 'Although mentoring is a critical developmental relationship, the field has been constrained by Euro-Western approaches and ideologies. This fine volume offers mentoring scholars needed insights into the unique experiences of mentoring within Asian contexts.' --Dr. Belle Rose Ragins, Sheldon B Lubar Professor of Management,University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA About the Author Payal Kumar is Professor and Chair of Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour, and Head of Research and International Relations at the School of Management at BML Munjal University. Her research interests include negative mentoring, gender and leadership, entrepreneurship, and diversity and inclusion.  Pawan Budhwar is Professor of International HRM at Aston Business School. His research interests lie mainly in the linkages between HRM and performance in different international contexts.