Speaking as women leaders : meetings in Middle Eastern and Western contexts /: meetings in Middle Eastern and Western contexts. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Judith Baxter and Haleema Al A'ali.
• Authors: Baxter, Judith; A'ali, Haleema Al
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Women Leaders in the Middle East and the West; Introduction; Theoretical Background; Gender; Leadership; Culture and Communities of Practice (CofPs); A Feminist Poststructuralist Theory of Language and Identity; Research on Gender, Language and Leadership; Middle Eastern and Bahraini Contexts; Middle Eastern Research; UK and Western European Context; Western Research; Aims of the Book; References; Chapter 2: The Bahraini and UK Research Studies; Introduction; Shared Features of the Two Studies; An Ethnographic Approach; Case Study Design Qualitative Research MethodsCorporate Meetings; Our Methods in Use; Ethics and Consent; Design of the Two Studies; The Bahrainco Study; The UK Study; Feminist Poststructuralist Discourse Analysis (FPDA); How We Use FPDA in this Book; Assessing the 'Effectiveness' of Women Leaders; References; Chapter 3: Women Leaders in Bahrain by Haleema Al A'ali; Badria's Case Study; Hanan's Case Study; Fatima's Case Study; An Overview of the Three Cases; References; Chapter 4: Women Leaders in the UK by Judith Baxter; Anna's Case Study; Julie's Case Study; Nicola's Case Study An Overview of the Three CasesReferences; Chapter 5: The Discursive Positioning of Women Leaders; Introduction; Identifying the Discourses; Change and Uncertainty; Relational Practice; Masculinisation; Historical Legacy; Hierarchy and Status; Resistance to Authority; Family; Loyalty; Professionalism; Expertise; Open Dialogue; FPDA: The Six Meetings; Badria (All Bahraini Analysis by Haleema Al A'Ali); Hanan; Fatima; Anna (All UK Analysis by Judith Baxter); Julie; Nicola; References; Chapter 6: Gender and an 'Effective' Language of Leadership; Introduction; Aim 1: Versions of Women's Leadership Aim 2: Contexts and DiscoursesAim 3: Assessing the 'Linguistic Effectiveness' of Women Leaders; Aim 4: Gender and the Performance of Leadership; And Finally; References; Appendix 1: Transcription Conventions; Transcription Key; Appendix 2: Charting Each Leader's Discursive Positioning; References; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.40954; Linguistics; Women -- Middle East; Women -- Social aspects -- Middle East; Feminism -- Middle East; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; Feminism; Women; Women -- Social aspects; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Pragmatics; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Communication Studies; Business & Economics -- Public Relations; Social Science -- General; Discourse analysis; Communication studies; Public relations; Cultural studies; Sociolinguistics; Discourse analysis; Public relations; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; Sociolinguistics; Middle East; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137506214; 1137506210
• Related ISBNs: 9781137506207; 1137506202
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 28, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.