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A Comparison of Leadership Prototypes of Arab and European Females

2007; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 7; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/1470595807083375

1741-2838

Mark Neal, Jim L. Finlay, Gh. A. Catană, Doina Catană,

Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts

What do young, business-educated Arab women think about leadership? This study addresses this question by comparing the views of female business students living in four distinct regions: the Arab Levant (Lebanon); the Arabian Gulf (Oman); Northwestern Europe (England) and Southeastern Europe (Romania). Using Weber's ideal types of authority, a comparison of the four groups reveals strong similarities between Omani and Lebanese women's views on leadership, thus supporting the existence of pan-Arab Implicit Leadership Theories (ILT). It is further found that such views on leadership reflect an overlapping of Arab tribal values with the `rational-legal' values associated with mass bureaucratization in the region.