Saudi Cultural Missions Theses & Dissertations
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Item Restricted How Does Transformational Leadership Influence Employee Creativity Through Psychological Empowerment in the Health Industry? Lessons from Existing Theoretical and Empirical Literature(Queen’s Business School, 2024-09-13) Bin Jower, Aisha; Makowski, PiotrThis dissertation investigates the effect of transformational leadership on psychological empowerment and creativity in healthcare settings. The study addresses how leadership styles affect innovation and the performance of organisations in an industry that is chronically stressed, where rules are strict and ever-changing, and where patients’ needs are in constant flux. It uses a mixed-methods approach to existing data to explore several pertinent themes. One of these is how the behaviours of transformational leaders influence empowerment and how empowerment, in turn, mediates creativity among healthcare professionals. Furthermore, this research combines a quantitative analysis with a thematic qualitative review of the relevant literature to shed light on the association between leadership, empowerment, and creativity. The results indicate that transformational leadership has a strong, direct, and positive effect on psychological empowerment, which serves as a mediator for employee creativity, leading to improved innovation and job satisfaction. Also, it underscores ’the importance of context, demonstrating that effective healthcare leadership strategies should be tailored to the particulars of the environment if they are to achieve the desired effect. The dissertation concludes by recommending that healthcare organisations develop leadership programs that empower and nurture adaptability in their leaders: essential qualities that enable an organisation to meet the many challenges currently facing the healthcare industry. Future research should explore the specific kinds of leadership that serve the healthcare context and the support systems needed to create a culture of creativity within organisations14 0Item Restricted Revamping Entertainment in Saudi Arabia An Exploration of the Perceptions and Attitudes of Saudis Toward Prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s Innovative General Entertainment Authority (GEA)(Saudi Digital Library, 2023-10-25) Alharbi, Majid; Frew, ElspethSaudi Arabia has a long Islamic tradition, which pervades the country’s personal as well as political spheres. The current government has embarked on a process of liberalisation in an attempt to return Saudi Arabia to a moderate form of Islam. Part of the social and economic reform package is the creation of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA) to facilitate and promote secular entertainment, a significant departure from the largely religion-based events that have dominated the Saudi leisure and tourism sector. Nevertheless, few studies have focused on the GEA, the extent to which the Saudi populace approves or disapproves of it, the level of success it has obtained in its stated aims of bringing world-class entertainment to Saudis of all walks of life, the extent to which its offerings reflect Saudis’ values and aspirations, and the associated implications for its sustainability as a political and social reform model. Thus, this study explores the perceptions and attitudes of Saudi people to the GEA along with the factors that contribute to them. The study used a range of theories under the umbrella of the cognitive–affective–behaviour model and analysed data from in-depth interviews using frequency counts, pattern matching, and holistic case analyses, subjected to a semiotic process to uncover signs of emotional content, such as the way in which the respondent spoke or reacted, the kinds of words used, whether the respondent laughed etc. It was found that participants’ self-identity was complex, with a multidimensional spectrum of liberal to conservative positions, which influenced their perceptions of the GEA. The other contributing factors, such as travel motivations, were interrelated in a complex web. Overall, negative impressions of the GEA exceeded positive ones, which continue to be shaped by emotional responses. The GEA appears to have failed to win over the more religiously conservative Saudis and to gain their acceptance of the liberalisation process. The benefits of the GEA events and the liberalisation do not appear to have been realised by all Saudis, and events were perceived to be too expensive for middle- and low-income earners. Some theories, such as the empowerment theory apply, but would need to be modified to suit the Saudi setting in order to provide useful predictions. Notably, the present study is exploratory and limited, but may be considered a starting point for greater understanding of the events industry and its role in Saudi society34 0Item Restricted Lived Experiences of Women in Leadership Positions in the Public Sector in Saudi Arabia Post- Promulgation of Vision 2030(Azhar Gawarir, 2022) Gawarir, Azhar; Greener, Sue; Sehgal's, SurbhiWomen in leadership positions are growing in numbers in the globalized world. However, in developing and underdeveloped countries, the representation of women in senior positions is still low compared to men. This is especially true in the context of the Arabic world and Saudi Arabia specifically. The current study aimed to assess and analyse the experiences of Saudi women leaders and evaluate how their family dynamics, socio-cultural and policy-making environment country, the workplace experience may impact their leadership journeys, and develop suggestions for encouraging women aspirations toward leadership positions in the public sector organizations in Saudi Arabia by exploring the perspectives of both males and females. In doing so, it intends to efficiently attain the following objectives: o Conceptualizing female leaders’ family dynamics and the ways it has affected their journey in senior leadership roles o Exploring and investigating the role of social and cultural factors, and policy framework in reaching leadership position in Saudi Arabia o Investigating the influence of workplace environment and policies on the career progression and development of female employees to leadership level o To offer suggestions based on the findings of this research to encourage women in developing positive attitude toward leadership positions in Saudi Arabia The study adopted a pragmatic paradigm and employed a mixed methodology, which included semi-structured qualitative interviews of 10 women leaders purposively selected, a quantitative survey involving randomly selected 168 employees, and a thematic content using 25 media articles. The findings indicate that while a supportive early childhood and home environment helped shaped leadership qualities and aspirations, post-marriage support for balancing household responsibilities with work helped women leaders in career progression. It was also found that the traditional socio-cultural and religion-backed gender stereotyping led to discrimination, segregation, and lost opportunities, while the patriarchal work culture continued to prevent women leaders from obtaining equal pay, credit, training, and development opportunities. The research recommends making Vision 2030 policy changes implementation stricter and more targeted.38 0