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Dear *APJM* Contributors, *Asia Pacific Journal of Management* (*APJM*) is the official journal of the Asia Academy of Management (a regional affiliate of the Academy of Management). We are pleased to share our second issue for 2012. The first part of this issue is the Special Issue on Leadership in Asia, guest edited by Long W. "Rico" Lam, Xu Huang, and Dora C. Lau, and featuring Robert Liden's Perspectives paper on leadership research in Asia. The second part has additional papers like our regular issues. If you follow the links on the page numbers listed in the Table of Contents below, you can go straight to the article sites. *Asia Pacific Journal of Management* Volume 29 Number 2 June 2012<http://www.springerlink.com/content/0217-4561/29/2/> *Special Issue: Leadership in Asia* *Guest Editors: Long W. “Rico” Lam, Xu Huang, and Dora C. Lau* EDITORIAL * * *Contributing to the Asia Pacific Journal of Management* D. Ahlstrom *191<http://www.springerlink.com/content/f236017738240j0k/> * * * INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE * * *Leadership research in Asia: Taking the road less traveled?* L.W. Lam ; X. Huang ; D.C. Lau <http://goog_1211228196/>*195<http://www.springerlink.com/content/p54ml4wl532u7666/> * PERSPECTIVES *Leadership research in Asia: A brief assessment and suggestions for the future* R.C. Liden *205<http://www.springerlink.com/content/p5820303m1373m16/> * REGULAR PAPERS FOR THE SPECIAL ISSUE * * *The distinctive effects of dual-level leadership behaviors on employees’ trust* *in leadership: An empirical study from China* Y. Bai ; P.P. Li ; Y. Xi *213<http://www.springerlink.com/content/2401087p45255202/> * *Does transformational leadership facilitate technological innovation? The moderating* *roles of innovative culture and incentive compensation* M.Y.-C. Chen ; C.Y.-Y. Lin ; H.-E. Lin ; E.F. McDonough III *239<http://www.springerlink.com/content/x851h2v148434j7g/> * * * *Transformational leadership and gatekeeping leadership: The roles of norm* *for maintaining consensus and shared leadership in team performance* J. Ishikawa *265<http://www.springerlink.com/content/x202l6q0n45u40x2/> * * * *Benevolent leadership and follower performance: The mediating role of leader–member* *exchange (LMX)* S.C.H. Chan ; W.-m. Mak *285<http://www.springerlink.com/content/2742p282154r3q15/> * * * *Ownership structure, family leadership, and performance of affiliate firms in large* *family business groups* H.-M. Chung ; S.-T. Chan *303<http://www.springerlink.com/content/t7vg644772r16t82/> * * * *Leaders’ social ties, knowledge acquisition capability and firm competitive advantage* J. Wu ; X. Chen *331<http://www.springerlink.com/content/y7711887jm406114/> * * * *___________________________________________________________________________ * REGULAR PAPERS * * *A multi-level study of emergent group leadership: Effects of emotional stability* *and group conflict* Y. Li ; C. Hui ; N.M. Ashkanasy ; D. Ahlstrom *351<http://www.springerlink.com/content/q76012718l2109r1/> * * * *The development of entrepreneurship in Chinese communities: An organizational* *symbiosis perspective* J. Li ; M.N. Young ; G. Tang *367<http://www.springerlink.com/content/254lu1r7n84402r3/> * * * *The effects of institutional ties on knowledge acquisition in uncertain environments* K. Xu ; K.-F. Huang ; S. Gao *387<http://www.springerlink.com/content/d54196g251k3l3n2/> * * * *Entrepreneurial orientation and SME performance in China’s changing environment:* *The moderating effects of strategies* Z. Tang ; J. Tang *409<http://www.springerlink.com/content/8967837ph312m218/> * * * *Shared rewards and goal interdependence for psychological safety among departments* *in China* G. Chen ; D. Tjosvold *433<http://www.springerlink.com/content/82363q365183614q/> * * * *Organizational culture and partner interaction in the management of international* *joint ventures in India* F. Damanpour ; C. Devece ; C.C. Chen ; V. Pothukuchi *453<http://www.springerlink.com/content/0h454178692t7567/> * * * *Managerial ownership and the role of privatization in transition economies: * *The case of China* L. Wang ; W.Q. Judge *479<http://www.springerlink.com/content/e19347378588686v/> * * * *The private benefits of control in Chinese listed firms: Do case flow rights always reduce* *controlling shareholders’ tunneling?* J.-h. Luo ; D.-f. Wan ; D. Cai *499<http://www.springerlink.com/content/bh677062n27m273j/> * Best Regards, David Ahlstrom Editor-in-Chief -- Asia Pacific Journal of Management Professor--The Chinese University of Hong Kong Email: [log in to unmask] Rachel Pinkham Managing Editor -- Asia Pacific Journal of Management Email: [log in to unmask] Asia Pacific Journal of Management http://www.springer.com/10490 ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.