A Macro-National Level Analysis of Arab Women's Work Engagement

This paper reviews the macro-national level factors that influence women's work engagement in Arab countries. First, it offers an overview of the notions of work engagement and gendered work engagement. Next, the macro-national context is investigated where economic, socio-cultural, and legal factors are analyzed that may explain differences in workplace engagement between men and women. Lastly, the discussion, implications for future research and practice, and conclusion are offered

Collapsing the boundaries? Fatherhood, organization and home-working

In the modern western world, the discursive construction of fatherhood and everyday fathering practices has been underpinned by the spatial separation of work from home, of public from private. However, increasing numbers of employees are now working from home and a disproportionate number of these are men with young children. This article draws on new empirical research to examine the implications for fathers and for organizations as home-working disrupts earlier spatial configurations of fatherhood and fathering practices. The article concludes that as the spatial boundaries between home and work collapse, new accommodations between fatherhood/fathering and organization are emerging. However, these are underpinned by a traditional gender division of labour in the household. More broadly, these findings confirm the inadequacy of static distinctions between public and private, showing that while such distinctions are still used to mark space and time, this is relational, contingent and unstable

Stories about men implementing and resisting new technologies

In this article the literature on masculinity, gender and technology or science provides the context for discussing two case studies where new information technology has recently been introduced. The empirical material is counter-intuitive to the general understanding that technology reflects and reinforces men's masculinity and the article provides a variety of theoretical interpretations for these findings

Charismatic and transformational approach: conceptual models and contributions to the understanding of leadership

Neste artigo apresentamos uma revisão de literatura acerca da abordagem carismática e transformacional do estudo da liderança, procurando analisar os seus conceitos principais e os modelos conceptuais mais representativos. De igual modo, analisamos as possibilidades de aplicação destes contributos ao exercício da liderança, ajudando na compreensão dos processos inerentes à relação entre o líder e os membros do grupo. Por último, descreveremos alguns resultados obtidos até agora no estudo de líderes com características carismáticas e transformacionais.This paper presents a review of the literature written about the charismatic and transformational leadership approaches, stressing the main concepts and conceptual models. We also observe the possibility of applying these contributions in order to understand leadership actions and the relationship between leaders and group members. Lastly, we describe some results obtained until now about the efficacy of charismatic and transformational leaders.Cet article présente une révision de la littérature spécialisée en analysant les concepts et les modèles les plus représentatifs. Ensuite, on examine quelques possibilités d´application de ces contributions théoriques dans l´exercice du leadership, envisageant une compréhension plus fine des processus constitutifs de la relation du leader avec les membres du groupe. En conclusion, on décrit certains résultats obtenus jusqu´à présent concernant les études sur les lidérances caractérisées par le charisme et les approches transformationnelles.En este artículo se presenta una revisión de la literatura acerca del enfoque carismático y transformacional del estudio del liderazgo, buscándose analizar sus conceptos principales y los modelos conceptuales más representativos. De igual modo, se analizan las posibilidades de aplicación de dichas contribuciones al ejercicio del liderazgo, ayudando en la comprensión de los procesos inherentes a la relación entre el líder y los miembros del grupo. Por último, se describen algunos resultados que se obtuvieron hasta ahora en el estudio de líderes con características carismáticas y transformacionales.(undefined