The seeds of leadership : from the experiences of senior Malaysian women leaders

• Autorzy: Imm Chee Lean , Wahid Nabsiah Abdual

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17512/pjms.2020.22.1.13

Warianty tytułu

PL

Korzenie przywództwa : z doświadczeń starszych malajskich liderek kobiet

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The scarcity of women holding top leadership positions in organisations not only reflects the gender equity issue, which is faced globally including Malaysia, but also indicates it as a phenomenon for the women leaders who managed to climb to the top as head of business organisations. This paper attempts to identify the ‘seeds of leadership’ that contributed towards women’s success as head of business organisations. The lived leadership journeys of seven Malaysian women from the technology, private university, manufacturing, hospitality, and legal industry were examined. A hermeneutical phenomenological approach was used, and a purposive sampling technique was carried out. In-depth interviews were utilised, and data were analysed using the Atlas.ti qualitative data analysis software. The leadership identity construction theory (LICT) was employed in this study. Early personal developmental relationships and experiences contribute as antecedents to the leadership identity construction (LIC) of the senior women leaders. These formative relationships and experiences are concluded as being the ‘seeds of leadership’ that contributed to the development of the women’s future LIC. While this study may not be generalised for profiling other women leaders in Malaysia, its novelty lies in the unique insights.

PL

Niedobór kobiet zajmujących najwyższe stanowiska kierownicze w organizacjach nie tylko odzwierciedla problem równości płci, z którym boryka się na całym świecie, w tym Malezja, ale także wskazuje, że jest to zjawisko dla kobiet liderów, którym udało się wspiąć na szczyt jako szefowa organizacji biznesowych. W artykule podjęto próbę zidentyfikowania „zalążków przywództwa”, które przyczyniły się do sukcesu kobiet jako szefów organizacji biznesowych. Przeanalizowano życiowe podróże przywódcze siedmiu malezyjskich kobiet z branży technologicznej, prywatnego uniwersytetu, produkcji, hotelarstwa i branży prawniczej. Zastosowano hermeneutyczne podejście fenomenologiczne i zastosowano celową technikę próbkowania. Wykorzystano pogłębione wywiady, a dane przeanalizowano za pomocą oprogramowania do jakościowej analizy danych Atlas.ti. W badaniu wykorzystano teorię konstrukcji tożsamości przywódców (LICT). Wczesne relacje i doświadczenia związane z rozwojem osobistym przyczyniają się do tworzenia tożsamości przywódczej (LIC) starszych kobiet liderów. Te formujące relacje i doświadczenia są uważane za „zalążki przywództwa”, które przyczyniły się do rozwoju przyszłej LIC kobiet. Chociaż badanie to może nie być uogólnione w celu profilowania innych liderek w Malezji, jego nowość polega na unikalnych spostrzeżeniach.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

leadership; identity construction; women; development; relationships; experiences; hermeneutical phenomenology

PL

przywództwo; budowa tożsamości; kobiety; rozwój; relacje; doświadczenia; fenomenologia hermeneutyczna

• Wydawca: Czestochowa University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Management Studies
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: Vol. 22, No. 1
• Strony: 200--216
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 43 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Imm Chee Lean

• ITD World, Malaysia

autor

Wahid Nabsiah Abdual

• Graduate School of Business, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2021).