Emirati Women's Higher Educational Leadership Formation under Globalisation: Culture, Religion, Politics, and the Dialectics of Modernisation

Autor/in	Samier, Eugenie
Titel	Emirati Women's Higher Educational Leadership Formation under Globalisation: Culture, Religion, Politics, and the Dialectics of Modernisation
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 27 (2015) 3, S.239-254 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2015.1028901
Schlagwörter	Females; Arabs; Interviews; Graduate Students; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Social Change; Islamic Culture; Cultural Maintenance; Cultural Pluralism; Cultural Context; Social Environment; Nationalism; Leadership; Higher Education; Educational Administration; Profiles; Sex Role; Gender Differences; Women Administrators; United Arab Emirates + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Arab; Araber; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Sozialer Wandel; Islam; Kultur; Kulturpluralismus; Soziales Umfeld; Nationalismus; Führung; Führungsposition; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Geschlechterrolle; Geschlechterkonflikt; Weibliche Führungskraft; Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Abstract	The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a small state transitioning from traditional communities into a modern society. This is a complex process: it involves instilling a national identity over tribal structures; modernising and technologising while retaining Islam; ensuring a high level of security while allowing for a liberal and relatively free society; preserving culture while building one of the largest and most multicultural societies, albeit mostly expatriate; and providing one of the safest countries in the Arab world for women. This paper presents an expatriate female academic's position in relation to the emergent literature on the contradictory positioning of women in different Arab cultures. It reviews the literature in the light of anecdotal evidence drawn from the author's doctoral students' experiences as women leaders within the wider socio-cultural context of the UAE and the emergent higher education system that is considered central to its nation-building exercise. The discussion recognises the implications of different contexts for Emirati women moving into leadership positions and calls for further research in the field. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01