Leadership Styles and Attributes of Prominent Women Business Leaders: A Case Study
Malaysia is encouraging the involvement and participation of women in developing its economy and in transforming it to become a developed nation by the year 2020. However, studies that look into the attributes of successful women business leaders are scarce. Hence, it is the focus of this paper to...
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Malaysia is encouraging the involvement and participation of women in developing its economy and in transforming it to become a developed nation by the year 2020. However, studies that look into the attributes of successful women business leaders are scarce. Hence, it is the focus of this paper to reveal the attributes of prominent women business leaders and their respective leadership styles. Three (3) prominent women business leaders from various industries participated in this study and data were gathered through qualitative semi-structured interviews. It was found that the attributes possessed by these participants are similar to their male counterparts. The only differences between men and women business leaders are in terms of (i) the amount of focus time spent between domestic chores and work, and (ii) the motherly/sisterly approach portrayed by the participants, which is unique to women business leaders. The participants demonstrated three styles of leadership, namely paternalistic, transformational, and participative.
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| spelling | doaj.art-079b1ae9f95648f39cd627de3ddab1b72023-11-16T02:39:38ZengUUM PRESSJournal of Business Management and Accounting2231-92982636-92492020-06-0110110.32890/jbma2020.10.1.1Leadership Styles and Attributes of Prominent Women Business Leaders: A Case StudyZarifah Abdullah0Natrah Saad1Noor Afza Amran2Marhaiza Ibrahim3Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah, MalaysiaTunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah, MalaysiaTunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah, MalaysiaTunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia Malaysia is encouraging the involvement and participation of women in developing its economy and in transforming it to become a developed nation by the year 2020. However, studies that look into the attributes of successful women business leaders are scarce. Hence, it is the focus of this paper to reveal the attributes of prominent women business leaders and their respective leadership styles. Three (3) prominent women business leaders from various industries participated in this study and data were gathered through qualitative semi-structured interviews. It was found that the attributes possessed by these participants are similar to their male counterparts. The only differences between men and women business leaders are in terms of (i) the amount of focus time spent between domestic chores and work, and (ii) the motherly/sisterly approach portrayed by the participants, which is unique to women business leaders. The participants demonstrated three styles of leadership, namely paternalistic, transformational, and participative. https://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/jbma/article/view/11031Prominent women business leadersattributesleadership stylesqualitative case study |
| spellingShingle | Zarifah Abdullah Natrah Saad Noor Afza Amran Marhaiza Ibrahim Leadership Styles and Attributes of Prominent Women Business Leaders: A Case Study Journal of Business Management and Accounting Prominent women business leaders attributes leadership styles qualitative case study |
| title | Leadership Styles and Attributes of Prominent Women Business Leaders: A Case Study |
| title_full | Leadership Styles and Attributes of Prominent Women Business Leaders: A Case Study |
| title_fullStr | Leadership Styles and Attributes of Prominent Women Business Leaders: A Case Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leadership Styles and Attributes of Prominent Women Business Leaders: A Case Study |
| title_short | Leadership Styles and Attributes of Prominent Women Business Leaders: A Case Study |
| title_sort | leadership styles and attributes of prominent women business leaders a case study |
| topic | Prominent women business leaders attributes leadership styles qualitative case study |
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