The Development of Arab Women Leaders: An Emirati Perspective

Sara Alhaj () and Constance Horne ()
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Sara Alhaj: University of Strathclyde Business School
Constance Horne: Zayed University

Chapter 14 in Culture and Gender in Leadership, 2013, pp 297-316 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract As women become an increasingly powerful force in the Arabian Gulf, increased attention needs to be focused on their leadership development. This chapter looks at the role that lived experience plays in developing these leaders, as opposed to formal interventions, and this study seeks to explore the underlying factors that enable women to learn how to lead. The findings are illustrated in a leader apprenticeship framework, which consists of experiencing influential encounters, dealing and learning from difficult events, and transforming directly following a formal training programme. The findings support claims to treat leadership learning as a form of apprenticeship where learning is embedded in the social fabric in which it transpires, calling for contextualizing leader development as supported by situational learning theory.

Keywords: United Arab Emirate; Human Resource Development; Leadership Development; Woman Leader; Leader Identity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137311573_15

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