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The Development of Arab Women Leaders: An Emirati Perspective

In: Culture and Gender in Leadership

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  • Sara Alhaj

    (University of Strathclyde Business School)

  • Constance Horne

    (Zayed University)

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.

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  • Sara Alhaj & Constance Horne, 2013. "The Development of Arab Women Leaders: An Emirati Perspective," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: James Rajasekar & Loo-See Beh (ed.), Culture and Gender in Leadership, chapter 14, pages 297-316, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-31157-3_15
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137311573_15
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