Nick Forster

Quiet Revolution? (eBook, PDF)

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

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An irreversible transformation is taking place in the lives of many thousands of university educated professional women in the United Arab Emirates, Oman and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Drawing on eight years' participative research and extensive secondary sources, Nick Forster introduces the first extensive study to document this development in the Middle East. This book documents the emerging economic and political power of women, and how they are beginning to challenge ancient and deeply-held beliefs about the 'correct' roles of men and women in conservative Islamic societies, and in public and private sector organisations. It also describes the vital role that women could play in the economic development and diversification of these countries, and the broader MENA region, in the future. It is an essential read for professionals, scholars and students, in fields as diverse as economic development, international management, gender studies, and Middle Eastern studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108216326
• Artikelnr.: 49989417

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.