Female Participation in the Saudi Workforce: A Saudi Perspective of Key Barriers
Knowledge from a Saudi perspective of female participation in professional occupations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is scarce particularly when compared to the global context. This paper focuses on one aspect of key findings of a doctoral study aimed at identifying enablers and barriers to f...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Published: |
ANZAM
2012
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42746 |
| _version_ | 1848756503936237568 |
|---|---|
| author | Alselaimi, Raneem Lord, Linley |
| author2 | Raj Pillai |
| author_facet | Raj Pillai Alselaimi, Raneem Lord, Linley |
| author_sort | Alselaimi, Raneem |
| building | Curtin Institutional Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | Knowledge from a Saudi perspective of female participation in professional occupations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is scarce particularly when compared to the global context. This paper focuses on one aspect of key findings of a doctoral study aimed at identifying enablers and barriers to female participation in the Saudi workforce. The focus of this paper is on the barriers to women’s participation. Five important barriers have been identified and are discussed. They are (i) differences in attitudes across regions; (ii) female participation as a sensitive cultural issues; (iii) the impact of the ‘Western eye’ regarding Islam (iv) Islam as an enabler?; and (v) responsibilities to family and expectations. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T09:13:15Z |
| format | Conference Paper |
| id | curtin-20.500.11937-42746 |
| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
| institution_category | Local University |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T09:13:15Z |
| publishDate | 2012 |
| publisher | ANZAM |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-427462023-02-07T08:01:21Z Female Participation in the Saudi Workforce: A Saudi Perspective of Key Barriers Alselaimi, Raneem Lord, Linley Raj Pillai Mustafa Ozbilgin Bill Harley Charmine Hartel valuing diversity Women and work workforce diversity gender in organisations occupational segregation Knowledge from a Saudi perspective of female participation in professional occupations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is scarce particularly when compared to the global context. This paper focuses on one aspect of key findings of a doctoral study aimed at identifying enablers and barriers to female participation in the Saudi workforce. The focus of this paper is on the barriers to women’s participation. Five important barriers have been identified and are discussed. They are (i) differences in attitudes across regions; (ii) female participation as a sensitive cultural issues; (iii) the impact of the ‘Western eye’ regarding Islam (iv) Islam as an enabler?; and (v) responsibilities to family and expectations. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42746 ANZAM fulltext |
| spellingShingle | valuing diversity Women and work workforce diversity gender in organisations occupational segregation Alselaimi, Raneem Lord, Linley Female Participation in the Saudi Workforce: A Saudi Perspective of Key Barriers |
| title | Female Participation in the Saudi Workforce: A Saudi Perspective of Key Barriers |
| title_full | Female Participation in the Saudi Workforce: A Saudi Perspective of Key Barriers |
| title_fullStr | Female Participation in the Saudi Workforce: A Saudi Perspective of Key Barriers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Female Participation in the Saudi Workforce: A Saudi Perspective of Key Barriers |
| title_short | Female Participation in the Saudi Workforce: A Saudi Perspective of Key Barriers |
| title_sort | female participation in the saudi workforce: a saudi perspective of key barriers |
| topic | valuing diversity Women and work workforce diversity gender in organisations occupational segregation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42746 |