TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract International relations and security studies suffer from an inadequate understanding of established theories in organizational leadership and management studies. This chapter contributes to these disciplines by drawing upon such models to analyze the changes in political leadership approaches of China and the United States in their interactions over maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea (SCS). Using the transactional–transformational and directive–participative leadership paradigms as its foundation, the analysis argues (1) that contextual factors unique to the each country shape its political leadership styles and (2) the leadership styles within each case study have changed dramatically over the past decades in terms of their rhetoric and policies for managing the SCS disputes. Empirical evidence is based on the policies, leaders’ statements, and official documents of China, a claimant to SCS maritime territory, and the United States, an influential stakeholder in the disputes. In the two case studies, the chapter discusses the implications of the changing leadership styles for the understanding of political interaction in the region and the future of the SCS disputes.
VL  - 24
SN  - 978-1-78441-883-0, 978-1-78441-884-7/2053-7697
DO  - 10.1108/S2053-769720150000024007
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2053-769720150000024007
AU  - Spangler Jonathan
PY  - 2015
Y1  - 2015/01/01
TI  - The Evolution of Leadership Styles in the South China Sea: Contextual Factors and Shifting Approaches in China and the United States
T2  - Asian Leadership in Policy and Governance
T3  - Public Policy and Governance
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 159
EP  - 185
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -