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Women’s empowerment: examining leadership communication of women entrepreneurs in Indonesia and The USA

This article analyses cases of women entrepreneurs’ discourses about their life experiences of empowerment and their leadership communication acts that empower their female subordinates. Compilation of qualitative data fieldwork findings from Bandung, Indonesia were compared with two existing simila...

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Main Authors: Sudarmanti, Rini, Bauwel, Sofie van, Chia Longman,
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysian 2015
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spelling my-ukm.journal.91062016-12-14T06:48:59Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9106/ Women’s empowerment: examining leadership communication of women entrepreneurs in Indonesia and The USA Sudarmanti, Rini Bauwel, Sofie van Chia Longman, This article analyses cases of women entrepreneurs’ discourses about their life experiences of empowerment and their leadership communication acts that empower their female subordinates. Compilation of qualitative data fieldwork findings from Bandung, Indonesia were compared with two existing similar studies on women’s entrepreneurship in the US. Despite the cultural and geographic differences of the cases, research findings were generally uniform. Most of the entrepreneurs adopted two primary empowerment approaches related to leadership communications acts: transferring social awareness to encourage self-worth and transferring skills. We generally conclude that women entrepreneurs tend to create open communication, focus on the processes of “listening and persuading,” and show care for others. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysian 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9106/1/V31_1_8.pdf Sudarmanti, Rini and Bauwel, Sofie van and Chia Longman, (2015) Women’s empowerment: examining leadership communication of women entrepreneurs in Indonesia and The USA. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 31 (1). pp. 153-170. ISSN 0128-1496 http://www.ukm.my/jkom/journal/volumes/volume31-1-2015.html
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description This article analyses cases of women entrepreneurs’ discourses about their life experiences of empowerment and their leadership communication acts that empower their female subordinates. Compilation of qualitative data fieldwork findings from Bandung, Indonesia were compared with two existing similar studies on women’s entrepreneurship in the US. Despite the cultural and geographic differences of the cases, research findings were generally uniform. Most of the entrepreneurs adopted two primary empowerment approaches related to leadership communications acts: transferring social awareness to encourage self-worth and transferring skills. We generally conclude that women entrepreneurs tend to create open communication, focus on the processes of “listening and persuading,” and show care for others.
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author Sudarmanti, Rini
Bauwel, Sofie van
Chia Longman,
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Bauwel, Sofie van
Chia Longman,
Women’s empowerment: examining leadership communication of women entrepreneurs in Indonesia and The USA
author_facet Sudarmanti, Rini
Bauwel, Sofie van
Chia Longman,
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title Women’s empowerment: examining leadership communication of women entrepreneurs in Indonesia and The USA
title_short Women’s empowerment: examining leadership communication of women entrepreneurs in Indonesia and The USA
title_full Women’s empowerment: examining leadership communication of women entrepreneurs in Indonesia and The USA
title_fullStr Women’s empowerment: examining leadership communication of women entrepreneurs in Indonesia and The USA
title_full_unstemmed Women’s empowerment: examining leadership communication of women entrepreneurs in Indonesia and The USA
title_sort women’s empowerment: examining leadership communication of women entrepreneurs in indonesia and the usa
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysian
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