Nick Forster

A Quiet Revolution?

The Rise of Women Managers, Business Owners and Leaders in the Arabian Gulf States

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the changing roles of university educated professional women in the United Arab Emirates, Oman and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 622
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 166mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9781107143463
• ISBN-10: 1107143462
• Artikelnr.: 49672915

Autorenporträt

Nick Forster is a writer and business consultant based in New South Wales, Australia. Before leaving academia in June 2015, he had worked at universities in the Arabian Gulf, Australia and the United Kingdom. He was the MBA/EMBA Program Director at Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia and, occasionally, the acting Faculty Dean. He has written four books, and published more than 130 articles, book chapters, and conference papers, as well as several consulting reports for business organisations. He received fourteen teaching awards and commendations during his academic career and, in 2013, was awarded an Outstanding Faculty Service Award by Alfaisal University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The contemporary Middle East and North Africa; 2. The United Arab
Emirates; 3. The experiences of women in public and private sector
organisations in the UAE; 4. The Sultanate of Oman; 5. The experiences of
women in public and private sector organisations in Oman; 6. The Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia; 7. The experiences of women in public and private sector
organisations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 8. The economic rationale and
business case for increasing the participation of women in the labour
markets of the Gulf States and the MENA region; 9. Creating a level playing
field for women in private and public sector organisations in the Gulf
States and the MENA region.