Women in management in the Arab context
Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues
ISSN: 1753-7983
Article publication date: 30 May 2008
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to explore the position of Arab women in management by examining the existing research on gender and management in the Arab region in order to obtain an overall picture of the advancement of Arab women in their professional lives, point out coherent clusters of research and identify knowledge gaps in existing research.
Design/methodology/approach
The study conducts a content analysis of academic articles in order to provide a quantitative as well as qualitative thematic overview of the topics emerged from the literature.
Findings
The statistical analysis of researches shows that, the topic of women in management is gaining more importance. The thematic overview of researches shows that authors have concentrated only on few and very broad topics, without much diversity or depth.
Practical implications
The paper provides practitioners some understanding of the position of Arab women in management and factors that influence their professional lives. The paper sets a solid base of previous studies for future researchers studying women in management in the Arab region.
Originality/value
The paper might be considered as the first study to give a systematic overview of the literature on women in management in the Arab region.
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Citation
Omair, K. (2008), "Women in management in the Arab context", Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 107-123. https://doi.org/10.1108/17537980810890293
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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