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Unveiling the Arab Mind: What are the Characteristics of Leaders Who Need to Capture Followers' Hearts and Minds?

Farrag, Mohamed Ahmed
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9896-5104
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1651146808878015

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2022, Doctor of Business Administration, Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management.
Leadership theories in Western literature articulate ideas on many traits and characteristics of successful leaders, such as being charismatic, transformational, emotionally and socially intelligent, and servant-like leaders. However, do these same ideas exist for leadership in the Arab world and Egypt? While there are abundant leadership theories in Western literature, few exist in the Arab world. Hence, there is a knowledge deficit that needs to be addressed. To address the deficit, we designed a mixed methods research framework that combines qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods. First, we conducted qualitative interviews with 27 participants to study how leaders can capture the hearts and minds of their followers and why people would follow. We found glaring evidence from our participants, suggesting through their shared experiences that servant leader characteristics are most desirable. The quantitative stage of our investigation revealed that our independent variables and the moderating variable are significantly related to the dependent variable. We collected data from 524 participants. Surveys were gleaned for analysis (345 surveys for followers and 180 surveys for leaders), yielding 180 dyads for structural equation modeling (SEM). The primary findings suggest that the leader’s ideal self has a positive direct significant relationship with leadership effectiveness (β = 0.368, p = 0.00), thus supporting our hypothesis. Emotional and social intelligence was found to have a positive direct significant relationship to leader/follower engagement (β = 0.405, p = 0.00), thus supporting another hypothesis. While some of the discovered relationships were never empirically examined in the past, particularly in the Arab world, which makes this study unique, they were largely expected based on the partitioner, work with copious leaders in the Arab world and Egypt. This research contributes to the nascent literature on leadership in the Middle East, particularly in the Arab world and Egypt.
Kalle Lyytinen, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Richard Boyatzis, Ph.D. (Advisor)
137 p.
Behavioral Sciences; Management
Arab world; servant leadership; emotional and social intelligence; ideal self; leadership effectiveness

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  • Farrag, M. A. (2022). Unveiling the Arab Mind: What are the Characteristics of Leaders Who Need to Capture Followers' Hearts and Minds? [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1651146808878015

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Farrag, Mohamed. Unveiling the Arab Mind: What are the Characteristics of Leaders Who Need to Capture Followers' Hearts and Minds? . 2022. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1651146808878015.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Farrag, Mohamed. "Unveiling the Arab Mind: What are the Characteristics of Leaders Who Need to Capture Followers' Hearts and Minds? ." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1651146808878015

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