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in assisting women employees gain and complete high profile projects important for their advancement. Develops key … leadership roles and discusses them through a number of case examples.  …
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management teams is skewed. There are barriers and obstacles in place that limit the movement of women into leadership roles. The …Purpose – While the number of women in managerial positions has been increasing, the gender composition of top … purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between modesty and access to leadership. Specifically, tendencies toward …
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progression of women, gender diversity in organizations, and leadership development methods such as 360° evaluations. It also … caught in two traps: the assumption that women and men have the same leadership qualities and the belief that they must … imitate male leadership behavior in order to succeed. These traps not only prevent women from reaching their full potential …
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feminine qualities and interpersonal skills for managerial effectiveness are discussed. Interviews with 30 women managers … illustrate the fact that women can approach management with a “masculine” (task‐oriented), “feminine” (people‐oriented), or an …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of some barriers in Saudi organizations from the perspectives of marketing executives. Design/methodology/approach – A range of contemporary literature is presented to help define the term “organizational creativity,” and...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of interest in franchising among small medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to identify attitudes towards the mode of operation's success held by practitioners. Design/methodology/approach – A...
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In developing economies state‐controlled primary organizations have an implicit responsibility to assist secondary organ‐izations in their development. Using an exploratory study, examines the interaction of these two groups in Saudi Arabia and seeks to identify significant indicators which...
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Contends that managers from Saudi Arabia and other Middle East nations, as well as from other areas of the world, are becoming more conscious of the critical role that managerial values can play in today’s ever widening and increasingly competitive marketplace. Alignment of personal and...
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Using Porter’s need satisfaction questionnaire, measures and compares the degree of importance that managers and non‐managers from Saudi Arabia and some western countries attach to five categories of need: security, social, self‐esteem, autonomy and self‐actualization. The results...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is, quite simply, to sound a clarion call; to encourage educators to focus on the markets in which they function and to be vigilant in their unrelenting in their pursuit of quality. Design/methodology/approach – The paper argues that this ebullient market...
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