Women-Focused Leadership Development in the Middle East: Generating Local Knowledge

Marmenout, Katty

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1427729

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“…Additionally, the Saudi woman has become more enlightened in the field of using at home chemical cleaners, such as insecticides preparations, furniture shining sprays, air refreshers whose repeated inhalation proved to be harmful to The activation of the role of a woman in the preservation of an environment constitutes essential aspects of the strategy of environmental development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Middle Eastern countries lag behind the other countries of the world in relation to the economic opportunity and participation of women [4]. Through performing her various roles in society and which should be respected by all sectors of society, a woman can effectively contribute to the preservation of an environment via doing the following:  Encourage the woman to inculcate in the minds of her children since their early childhood the value of loving beauty and nature as whatever a child learns during early years can easily be remembered by him without difficulty, and not forgotten.…”

Section: The Saudi Woman and Environmental Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Contribution of Saudi Woman in Environmental Development

Elimam¹,

Alattas²

2016

IJESD

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Abstract-The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is concerned with increasing the environmental awareness and securing a sustainable, healthy environment. The country also aims to encourage the role of women in this respect. In addition to being a mother, educator and teacher, a woman can play a significant role in securing safe and healthy environment. A woman can also preserve the depleted natural resources through her wise dealing of these resources available in homes, such as water and energy. She can also educate children to use the resources of nature efficiently. This study finds tendency and concern for activating her role in preserving the environment and motivating the young generations for this noble cause.

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Section: The Saudi Woman and Environmental Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Contribution of Saudi Woman in Environmental Development

Elimam¹,

Alattas²

2016

IJESD

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“…For women who decide to pursue a successful career, meeting the expectations of home and work become a salient challenge of day-to-day life (Hutchings et al, 2012;Mehdizadeh, 2011;Milkie et al, 2010) as the patriarchal interpretations of Islam (Metcalfe, 2007;Omair, 2008) influences the norms of conduct perceived to be most suitable for women. For example, many women have refused a promotion in order not to undermine their husbands (Marmenout, 2009) which suggests that women cannot enact their careers without accounting for specific gender scripts. For example note that the prevailing gender ideology present in the region poses a threat toward the advancement of women in the workplace.…”

Section: Scripts Dictated By Patriarchal Structuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women's careers in the Arab Middle East

Afiouni

2014

Career Dev Int

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to examine how women academics from the Arab Middle East enact their careers with reference to double-bounded contexts: academia as an institution encoding organizational career scripts and gender as another institution encoding specific gender roles. It is hoped that this cross-cultural perspective would broaden the understanding of careers beyond the economically advanced industrialized countries and better inform the current debate on the boundaryless career model. Design/methodology/approach -The study is qualitative and exploratory in nature. It draws on one-to-one interviews with 23 female academics in early, mid and late careers, working in research universities in the Arab Middle East region. Findings -The choice of academia as a profession is mainly driven by the subjective perception of an academic career as a calling, the lack of attractiveness of other career options in the region, and the appeal of the flexibility of academic work. Furthermore, the findings highlight both organizational (lack of mentoring and university support) and cultural factors (Islam, patriarchy, and family centrality) that shape/bind women's careers choices and patterns allowing thus for a better understanding of local constraints to the boundaryless career view in the Arab Middle East context. Originality/value -The paper contributes to the boundaryless career theory development by addressing one of its major shortcomings, namely the lack of attention to context. It provides fresh insights from the Arab Middle East to the ongoing debate whether careers are boundaryless and subject to individual agency or whether careers are shaped by wider institutional factors and support existing calls in the literature to conceptualize careers at the intersection of several influencing factors.

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“…Remarkably, according to statistics provided in the last UAE census, in 1975 there were 3,000 Emirati females with degrees, and 30 years later there were 61,000 (Ministry of Economy, 2005). However, UAE Female Leadership 8 despite the increase in educational attainment, Marmenout (2009) explained that this does not reflect a large number of women in employment, as "only 14.7 percent of Emirati women were in full-time employment in 2003" (p. 8). Low numbers in employment reduces potential for women to rise to senior positions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Comparisons between the genders in business are obviously a healthy aspect of the literature (Al-Jenaibi, 2010; Read & Oselin, 2008;Yaseen, 2010), but sadly, with samples in 22 countries, in 2001 the Gallup Organization found people still had a preference for a male boss (Simmons, 2001). Using the Schein Descriptive Index to investigate managerial sex-role stereotyping, Marmenout (2009) found that in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, women and men had a similar stereotyped view of management characteristics to those in the western nations. In the UAE, Mostafa (2005), using the "multidimensional aversion to women who work scale," found that men held less positive attitudes to women managers than did females (p. 524).…”

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confidence: 99%

The current state of female leadership in the United Arab Emirates

Kemp

Madsen²,

El‐Saidi

2013

Journal of Global Responsibility

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She has published two scholarly books on the development of women leaders and has authored/co-authored nearly 60 peer-reviewed articles primarily in the areas of leadership, individual change, work-life integration, and academic servicelearning. Susan is currently continuing her research on the lifetime development of women leaders in the United Arab Emirates, China, and the U.S. She is also an independent leadership and change consultant and is the founder and chair of the ILA Women and Leadership Affinity Group (WLAG) and other state, national, and international groups related to developing women leaders.

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Women-Focused Leadership Development in the Middle East: Generating Local Knowledge

Cited by 21 publications

References 28 publications

The Contribution of Saudi Woman in Environmental Development

The Contribution of Saudi Woman in Environmental Development

Women's careers in the Arab Middle East

The current state of female leadership in the United Arab Emirates

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