The management of gender is critical to the effective functioning of organizations in the emerging markets if it has to become a 'developed market'. The serious academic inquiry is this field is relatively new and this special issue (SI) was conceptualized to help evolve the body of knowledge. There are six research based articles in this SI which have potential to develop new insights to solve the pressing problems as being faced by the managers and leaders towards management of gender at workplace.This special issue has six papers dealing with different but relevant facets of gender in management in the emerging markets. We hope that the readers will like this special issue as it offers theoretical and practical insights in leveraging the potential of gender towards workplace excellence in the emerging markets.