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Perception of gender communication competence of leaders in a Malaysian higher education

Leadership communication competence is known to be a key element in organizational success. The present study examines leadership communication competence in an institution of higher learning in Malaysia. The study delved into subordinates’ perception of their leaders’ encoding and decoding skills a...

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Main Author: Mohd Salleh, Lailawati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28389/1/28389.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.283892015-09-18T13:32:24Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28389/ Perception of gender communication competence of leaders in a Malaysian higher education Mohd Salleh, Lailawati Leadership communication competence is known to be a key element in organizational success. The present study examines leadership communication competence in an institution of higher learning in Malaysia. The study delved into subordinates’ perception of their leaders’ encoding and decoding skills and found that these leaders have a relatively high encoding and decoding skills. When comparing between males and females, it was found that the males scored higher in both skills. This result seems similar to the western literature on gender communication but purportedly with different reasons for why men scored higher than women. This study, thus, contributes to the literature on the influence of culture in relation to the perception of gender communication competence. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2013-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28389/1/28389.pdf Mohd Salleh, Lailawati (2013) Perception of gender communication competence of leaders in a Malaysian higher education. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 21 (spec. June). pp. 269-280. ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2021%20%28S%29%20Jun.%202013/16%20Page%20269-280.pdf
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description Leadership communication competence is known to be a key element in organizational success. The present study examines leadership communication competence in an institution of higher learning in Malaysia. The study delved into subordinates’ perception of their leaders’ encoding and decoding skills and found that these leaders have a relatively high encoding and decoding skills. When comparing between males and females, it was found that the males scored higher in both skills. This result seems similar to the western literature on gender communication but purportedly with different reasons for why men scored higher than women. This study, thus, contributes to the literature on the influence of culture in relation to the perception of gender communication competence.
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Perception of gender communication competence of leaders in a Malaysian higher education
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title Perception of gender communication competence of leaders in a Malaysian higher education
title_short Perception of gender communication competence of leaders in a Malaysian higher education
title_full Perception of gender communication competence of leaders in a Malaysian higher education
title_fullStr Perception of gender communication competence of leaders in a Malaysian higher education
title_full_unstemmed Perception of gender communication competence of leaders in a Malaysian higher education
title_sort perception of gender communication competence of leaders in a malaysian higher education
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28389/1/28389.pdf
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