Leadership styles of men and women in the Arab world

Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-70

  Yaseen, Zahi ^a  

^a AL GHURAIR UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Gender; Leadership; Prejudice; United Arab Emirates; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866720904     PISSN: 17537983     EISSN: 17537991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17537981011022823     Document Type: Article

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