Women Business Leaders: Identity, Resistance, and Alternative Forms of Knowledge in Saudi Arabia [Paperback]

Preface   Part I: Introduction, Theory, & Methodology   Chapter 1: Introduction   Chapter 2: Postcolonial Feminism: An Exploration/Struggle   Chapter 3: Research Design: A Closer Look   Part II: Master Narrative   Chapter 4: Master Narrative   Part III: Counter Narratives   Chapter 5: Leadership Identity   Chapter 6: Workplace Resistance   Chapter 7: Alternative Forms of Knowledge   Part IV: Beyond the Narratives   Chapter 8: Reflexivity: Past, Processes, and Future Direction

Women Business Leaders: Identity, Resistance, and Alternative Forms of Knowledge in Saudi Arabia aims to counter the master narrative on Saudi women in leadership by offering an intimate reading of the womens stories and experiences.

Vividly and powerfully, Liela Jamjoom opens our ears and eyes in this book to the myriad ways Saudi women construct and enact their identities as leaders. In so doing, Jamjoom dares us to go beyond singular narratives of Saudi women as obedient and oppressed, and challenges us to think in new ways about human agency and the power, subtlety and effectiveness of resistance. I found the book, its stories and Lielas analysis, riveting reading and ultimately a passport for hope and learning in a postcolonial world. - Amanda Sinclair, Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Business School, Australia

Liela Jamjooms important work allows us to understand the complexity of experiences, identities, and practices of Saudi women leaders. She brings depth and nuance to the lives of these women and in doing so, expands the global repertoire of management and organizational studies scholarship that attends to leadership, identity and organizational anl4