Weekly Research Seminar Series - Virtual Center of Women & Leadership’ – Theory to Practice
- Wednesday, 18 October 2023
- 4:00 PM GST
We are pleased to invite you to our first Weekly Research Seminar Series of this academic year on Thursday, 7th October at 3pm. In this week seminar, we will be hosting a virtual “Student Research Celebration Event" to celebrate the success of our student researchers.
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Wednesday Research Seminar Series
We are pleased to invite you to our Wednesday Research Seminar. It will be held online on 18 October from 4pm via Microsoft team platform. Wednesday Research Seminar Series was launched in 2008 and has featured more than 340 presentations to date. The seminars provide a forum for researchers to share their work. Presenters include faculty from Middlesex University Dubai and other universities in the United Arab Emirates, as well as researchers from other global institutions. Professor Linzi will deliver seminar on:
“Virtual Center of Women & Leadership’ – Theory to Practice”
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to address an alarming gap between the abundance of women in college and absence of women in business in the Arab Gulf states. Realizing that the higher the corporate ladder went, the lower the number of women present, an exploration was conducted through various qualitative studies. Sample groups of women living and working in the United Arab Emirates were formed. Data were collected, through recorded interviews, from these participants' narrations of their life histories to date. Narrative analysis of transcript data identified emergent themes. The contribution to academic knowledge from these studies is of themes that emerge at the confluence of women's personal/professional lives. The value for praxis arises from insight into influences on women’s employment, retention and promotion decisions. This research has societal impact in contribution to the United Nations sustainable goal 5 'Gender Equality'. The research is a legacy of womens’ leadership in UAE at https://www.wiluae.com/
Biography
Professor Linzi’s research and teaching are in areas of Organizational Behavior, Leadership, and Women & Organizations. She teaches graduate and undergraduate students and has trained personnel for Executive Education. Her research focuses on women in employment and leadership in the United Arab Emirates, and wider Middle East region.
Prior to joining AURAK, she was a professor at the American University of Sharjah, UAE where she co-created and taught the ‘Women in Leadership’ course, believed to be the first of its kind in the Arab Gulf states. The ‘ThinkTank on Women in Organizations (MENA)’ was co-organised by Linzi and she led and co-created the virtual ‘Centre for Women in Leadership’, which showcases women’s achievements in the Middle East, and shares multimedia resources for teaching and training