Gendered leadership as a key to business success

Marinakou, Evangelia and Giousmpasoglou, Charalampos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9225-3475 (2017) Gendered leadership as a key to business success. In: Handbook of Research on Human Resources Strategies for the New Millennial Workforce. IGI Global, Hershey, USA, pp. 1806-1836. ISBN 9781522509486

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Abstract

Although there is clear evidence of the importance of women in leadership positions, research still shows that women are still underrepresented in management and leadership roles. The percentage of women directors in Fortune 500 companies has been between 16% and 17% since 2011. This lack of women in senior management positions demonstrates that organizations still fail to notice that leadership nowadays has new requirements. Today's organizations are facing a turbulent constantly changing environment, in an open, social and interdependent economy, which requires specific skills and competencies for leading the change. Hence companies should value women's talent. The purpose of this chapter is to present gender issues in leadership and management with a focus on the Arab context and the position of women in the Middle East (ME). Finally, it discusses the most effective leadership style exhibited by male and female managers in the ME for inclusion in HR practices and strategies for the new millennia workforce. The main concerns are HR practices and examples in the ME.

Item Type: Book Section
Identifier: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1933-1.ch083
Subjects: Business and finance > Business and management > Culture and leadership
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SWORD Depositor: Jisc Router
Depositing User: Jisc Router
Date Deposited: 06 Jul 2017 12:48
Last Modified: 28 Aug 2021 07:08
URI: https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/3346

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