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Perceptions towards female leadership in Malaysia

Despite a growing number of research focused on the leadership of professional working groups with male leaders, in contrast, research on women leadership has received little attention. This study investigates the perceptions of employees toward women leadership. The study assess the leadership attr...

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Main Author: Hilal, Huda Mohammad Hassan
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: iium 2015
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HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/42822/2/The_Complete_Project_of_Female_Leadership_in_Malaysia-clear_1.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.428222021-04-30T03:47:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/42822/ Perceptions towards female leadership in Malaysia Hilal, Huda Mohammad Hassan HQ The family. Marriage. Woman Despite a growing number of research focused on the leadership of professional working groups with male leaders, in contrast, research on women leadership has received little attention. This study investigates the perceptions of employees toward women leadership. The study assess the leadership attribute (affection, efficiency or collaboration) that is highly associated with women leadership and to compare the different perceptions between males and females regarding female leadership. Data were collected from 1530 (n = 1530) government, private and semi-government institutions. The results revealed that (1) efficiency was rated as the most common attribute associated with female leadership followed by collaboration and affection, (2) female employees had a significantly higher level of positive perception towards female leadership as compared to male employees and (3) the gender of the immediate superior significantly related to the employees’ positive perception toward female leadership. The implications of the findings for research and practice are discussed. iium 2015 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://irep.iium.edu.my/42822/2/The_Complete_Project_of_Female_Leadership_in_Malaysia-clear_1.pdf Hilal, Huda Mohammad Hassan (2015) Perceptions towards female leadership in Malaysia. Working Paper. iium. (Unpublished)
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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topic HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
spellingShingle HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Hilal, Huda Mohammad Hassan
Perceptions towards female leadership in Malaysia
description Despite a growing number of research focused on the leadership of professional working groups with male leaders, in contrast, research on women leadership has received little attention. This study investigates the perceptions of employees toward women leadership. The study assess the leadership attribute (affection, efficiency or collaboration) that is highly associated with women leadership and to compare the different perceptions between males and females regarding female leadership. Data were collected from 1530 (n = 1530) government, private and semi-government institutions. The results revealed that (1) efficiency was rated as the most common attribute associated with female leadership followed by collaboration and affection, (2) female employees had a significantly higher level of positive perception towards female leadership as compared to male employees and (3) the gender of the immediate superior significantly related to the employees’ positive perception toward female leadership. The implications of the findings for research and practice are discussed.
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author Hilal, Huda Mohammad Hassan
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title Perceptions towards female leadership in Malaysia
title_short Perceptions towards female leadership in Malaysia
title_full Perceptions towards female leadership in Malaysia
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title_full_unstemmed Perceptions towards female leadership in Malaysia
title_sort perceptions towards female leadership in malaysia
publisher iium
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/42822/2/The_Complete_Project_of_Female_Leadership_in_Malaysia-clear_1.pdf
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