Impact of Islamic values on the leadership style of Muslim women academics in Malaysia

The Problem: The religious background of Muslim women academic leaders in Malaysia guides them in performing demanding roles in managing multiple responsibilities. To date, little is known about the impact of Islamic values on Muslim women leaders in institutions of higher learning, even though Isla...

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Main Authors: Hamzah, Siti Raba'ah, Hamzah, Azimi, Othman, Jamilah, Sharmila Devi
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Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2016
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Othman, Jamilah
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description The Problem: The religious background of Muslim women academic leaders in Malaysia guides them in performing demanding roles in managing multiple responsibilities. To date, little is known about the impact of Islamic values on Muslim women leaders in institutions of higher learning, even though Islam is the official religion in Malaysia. In addition, the field of human resource development has done little to explore the leadership style of Muslim women. The Solution: This paper presents findings and recommendations of a research conducted for the purpose of exploring, understanding, and presenting the impact of Islamic values on the leadership style of Muslim women academics in Malaysia. This inquiry is significant because it’s open the new sight for HRD scholar and practitioners to explore HRD in a leadership, women leadership, religious, and the role of Muslim faith in women academic leaders. It is hoped that the findings of this research will encourage HRD scholars and practitioners to consider integrated dimension to their scholarly thought and practice related to leadership style. The Stakeholders: The outcomes of this research will be of interest to those women who are currently in leadership roles in academia, as well as those women interested in moving into these roles. It should also be of interest to higher education administrators and, particularly, those within higher education charged with developing leaders. Human resource development scholars and practitioners will also benefit from the contributions of this article to our general understanding of women in leadership roles.
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spelling upm-279052016-06-20T02:51:34Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27905/ Impact of Islamic values on the leadership style of Muslim women academics in Malaysia Hamzah, Siti Raba'ah Hamzah, Azimi Othman, Jamilah Sharmila Devi, The Problem: The religious background of Muslim women academic leaders in Malaysia guides them in performing demanding roles in managing multiple responsibilities. To date, little is known about the impact of Islamic values on Muslim women leaders in institutions of higher learning, even though Islam is the official religion in Malaysia. In addition, the field of human resource development has done little to explore the leadership style of Muslim women. The Solution: This paper presents findings and recommendations of a research conducted for the purpose of exploring, understanding, and presenting the impact of Islamic values on the leadership style of Muslim women academics in Malaysia. This inquiry is significant because it’s open the new sight for HRD scholar and practitioners to explore HRD in a leadership, women leadership, religious, and the role of Muslim faith in women academic leaders. It is hoped that the findings of this research will encourage HRD scholars and practitioners to consider integrated dimension to their scholarly thought and practice related to leadership style. The Stakeholders: The outcomes of this research will be of interest to those women who are currently in leadership roles in academia, as well as those women interested in moving into these roles. It should also be of interest to higher education administrators and, particularly, those within higher education charged with developing leaders. Human resource development scholars and practitioners will also benefit from the contributions of this article to our general understanding of women in leadership roles. SAGE Publications 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27905/1/Impact%20of%20Islamic%20values%20on%20the%20leadership%20style%20of%20Muslim%20women%20academics%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Hamzah, Siti Raba'ah and Hamzah, Azimi and Othman, Jamilah and Sharmila Devi, (2016) Impact of Islamic values on the leadership style of Muslim women academics in Malaysia. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 18 (2). pp. 187-203. ISSN 1523-4223; ESSN: 1552-3055 http://adh.sagepub.com/content/18/2/187.abstract 10.1177/1523422316641402
spellingShingle Hamzah, Siti Raba'ah
Hamzah, Azimi
Othman, Jamilah
Sharmila Devi,
Impact of Islamic values on the leadership style of Muslim women academics in Malaysia
title Impact of Islamic values on the leadership style of Muslim women academics in Malaysia
title_full Impact of Islamic values on the leadership style of Muslim women academics in Malaysia
title_fullStr Impact of Islamic values on the leadership style of Muslim women academics in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Islamic values on the leadership style of Muslim women academics in Malaysia
title_short Impact of Islamic values on the leadership style of Muslim women academics in Malaysia
title_sort impact of islamic values on the leadership style of muslim women academics in malaysia
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