... distinguish effective male managers from ineffective male managers? Male managers Behavioral effectiveness Female manager perceptions Gender-based discrimination and disparity Implicit leadership theory Kuwait © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re...

...Athmar Al-Salem; Mark Speece Purpose This study aims to examine perceptions in Kuwait about women’s leadership in management. Design/methodology/approach This study includes a review of data on the gender gap across Middle East/North Africa (MENA) countries, comparison with selected Asian...

... It was discovered that high levels of SDO in college men was negatively related to a favorable attitude toward women as managers in both the US and Kuwait. It was also found that perceptions of PD moderated the relationship between SDO and attitudes toward women as managers in Kuwait, but not in the USA...

... and behaviour in the public sector in Kuwait have never been satisfactory (Al‐Otaibi, 1991). Employees in developing countries, it is assumed, do not perceive their work as a source of satisfaction and tend to experience various forms of deprivation and withdrawal behaviour such as laziness, absenteeism, high...