Cross Cultural Communication and Leadership in the Uae

Cross Cultural Communication and Leadership in the Uae

University of Wollongong

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University of Wollongong in Dubai - Papers

University of Wollongong in Dubai

2005

Cross-cultural communication and leadership in
the United Arab Emirates
Michael Willemyns
University of Wollongong, michaelwillemyns@uowdubai.ac.ae

Publication Details
Willemyns, M. 2005, 'Cross-cultural communication and leadership in the United Arab Emirates', Emergent Models of Global
Leadership: International Leadership Association (ILA) 2005 Conference, University of Maryland, USA,

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Cross-cultural communication and leadership in the United Arab Emirates

Michael Willemyns
University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE

Paper presented to
The International Leadership Association (ILA)
Annual Conference, Amsterdam, Novemeber 2005.

Author’s Biography
Michael Willemyns (Michael.Willemyns@zu.ac.ae) is Assistant Professor of Management
and Chair of the College of Business at the University of Wollongong in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates. He has a B.A. (First Class Honours) in psychology and a PhD in psychology from
the University of Queensland, Australia. His research interests include cross-cultural and
workplace communication. He has presented his research internationally, including
Australia, Asia, the Middle East, the Unites States and Britain.

Abstract

As part of a larger study into cross-cultural workplace communication in the United
Arab Emirates, this paper presents research on communication and leadership in the UAE,
with a focus on perceptions and communication between UAE National managers (Emiratis)
and expatriates. Sixty Emirati managers (52 males and 8 females) from a wide variety of
organizations in Dubai completed a questionnaire which asked them to describe an
interaction they recently had with an expatriate...

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