Determinants of women leadership in whe Malaysian manufacturing industry

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework for determining factors of women leadership in the manufacturing industry. The theory used in this study is trait theories. Several keywords are identified such as women leadership, work-life balance, personality, emotional intelligence and motivation. Besides, several electronic data sources and online website, such as Mendeley, Emerald Insight, JSTOR, ScienceDirect, Proquest and Wiley have been referred. There were two factors that have predictive potential and can be related with the moderator. Limitations and implications of the study have been discussed.