Open AccessCultural Aspects and Leadership Effectiveness of Women Leaders: A Theoretical prospective of Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Farheen Akram,
a Logasvathi,
p Murugiah,
Arfan Shahzad
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pakistan journal of humanities and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2709-801X
pISSN - 2415-007X
DOI - 10.52131/pjhss.2017.0501.0021
Subject(s) - leadership style , assertiveness , egalitarianism , dominance (genetics) , psychology , social psychology , phenomenon , cultural diversity , political science , politics , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , law , gene
The core aim of this study was to investigate the cultural aspects namely, gender egalitarianism, assertiveness and future orientation of female leaders’ effects on their leadership effectiveness. The study explains that cultural aspect of the developed and the Arab countries is different, thus, women leaders in Arab countries face different restrictions, choose different style of leadership and have different future orientations which has significant influence on effectiveness of leadership. The findings of the study revealed that female leaders were less future orientated, less assertive and have limited facilitates as compared to their male counterparts. Hence, leadership effectiveness of women leaders being an important phenomenon was investigated in the Arab countries having male dominance and where women have limited freedom. Moreover, specifically, in Saudi Arabia, women leaders are found in education sector only. Hence, the current study proposed a model to account for the effects of cultural aspects on leadership effectiveness in the education sector.