| Abstract: | In recent years the People's Republic of China has focused on economic development. The State called on scientists to contribute to the implementation of economic reform and leadership reconstruction. In the Institute of Psychology, Academia Sinica, a research group conducted a cross-cultural study on the leadership behavior of Chinese and Japanese executives. The performance maintenance (PM) theory of leadership which was widely adopted in Japan, has been introduced into China. The findings of the Chinese study conducted in 53 factories among 16260 respondents are compared with the results from the Japanese study by J. Misumi of Osaka University.The author is Professor of Psychology in the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Science and Secretary-General of the Chinese Psychological Society |
