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Differentiated time management skills between leadership styles: simplified with a cross-cultural approach

Haniya Sarfraz (Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia)

Development and Learning in Organizations

ISSN: 1477-7282

Article publication date: 6 November 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

A common conception is that transformational, transactional, and other types of leaders implement similar time management skills; however, this paper aims to state that this is not true to a very large extent.

Design/methodology/approach

The characteristics of transactional, transformational, and other leadership styles are defined, while the popular and latest time management principles are incorporated with this description. There are eight time management categories, and this paper connects the respective categories to nine leadership styles based on each style’s nature. Cross-cultural leadership’s approach to time management is used to highlight and provide simplification for this process. Together, this showcases the importance and need to further investigate the relationship between leadership style, time management, and time conception.

Findings

This time management differentiation between transformational, transactional, and other leaders needs to be acknowledged, as this will deliver insight about how leaders can advance their leadership style. This differentiation brings greater understanding of the link between leadership and time management thus giving leaders deeper awareness on how they form their groundbreaking strategies and, with the cross-cultural leadership’s time management approach, mold their personal traits and experiences in coordination with this link.

Originality/value

This review states and highlights the difference in time management skills between nine leadership styles. The cross-cultural leadership approach helps identify three time and behavioral conceptions and the countries to which these conceptions are prominent in. The time conceptions assist leaders in understanding why they portray certain time management behaviors based on their cultural background, thus providing simplification in applying the time management skills for their leadership style.

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Acknowledgements

The author would like to acknowledge this journal’s peer reviewers and Anne Gimson, the editor of this journal, in providing great feedback because without them this article would not be where it is today.

Citation

Sarfraz, H. (2017), "Differentiated time management skills between leadership styles: simplified with a cross-cultural approach", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 31 No. 6, pp. 14-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-02-2017-0009

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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