developing countries and women’s work and home-based enterprise in urban slums. Design/methodology/approach – The paper …. Originality/value – The paper argues that the “feminisation of poverty” compounds the tensions women already face in terms of … the context of urban slums, where housing, service and infrastructure deficiencies pose considerable challenges to women …

the emancipation of women. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a literature based study that evaluates what form of … feminism best fits the Arab context. This gives rise to a suggestion of how Arab women can navigate feminist ideals within … their cultural discourses. Findings – The study indicates that it is possible for Arab women to create sustainable …

collectivistic Middle Eastern sample of women and an individualistic Anglo sample of women. Design/methodology/approach – Two …

greater emancipation for women through discourse analysis and re‐positioning. Research limitations/implications – This paper … discourses to allow women to gain emancipatory action through re‐positioning themselves within their societal discourses …

Purpose – To begin understanding how best to develop and train Emirati women so they can become more influential in … business, government, and the community, research was conducted that explores the backgrounds and experiences of these women in … phenomenological methodology) were conducted with Emirati students at a women's college in Abu Dhabi. Findings – This paper presents …

's struggle to take on a leadership role traditionally dominated by Arab men. For many, discussions on whether Arab women should … examine Arab women leadership style based on transformational, transactional, and laissez‐faire styles of men and women … findings reveal that women in the Arab world exceed men on four transformational scales: the attributes version of idealized …

Purpose – This study aims to analyze the construction of the meaning of leadership by two Arab women school principals … in Israel who are “pavers of the way”. Design/methodology/approach – Interviews in which the women exposed their life … study investigated: characteristics of the leadership development of two Arab women principals and expressions of leadership …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how women managers in Lebanon account for their career satisfaction …‐based quantitative approach is adopted for understanding the perception of the Lebanese Arab women to their career success. The … questionnaire was administered to women participants in managerial and executive roles in different occupational sectors. Findings …