Women's leadership gamut in Saudi Arabia's higher education sector
<p dir="ltr">This paper explores women's leadership in Saudi Arabia's three university settings—gender segregated (women or men‐only), unsegregated (co‐educational) and the majority of partially segregated universities where women's campuses exist within male‐dominated...
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| author | Hammad Akbar (23275510) |
| author2 | Haya Al‐Dajani (23275513) Nailah Ayub (5965844) Iman Adeinat (22195593) |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Hammad Akbar (23275510) Haya Al‐Dajani (23275513) Nailah Ayub (5965844) Iman Adeinat (22195593) |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2023-04-17T09:00:00Z |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 10.1111/gwao.13003 |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Education Education systems Human society Gender studies Sociology feminist institutional theory gender segregated contexts higher education institutions Saudi Arabia women's leadership women's empowerment |
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| description | <p dir="ltr">This paper explores women's leadership in Saudi Arabia's three university settings—gender segregated (women or men‐only), unsegregated (co‐educational) and the majority of partially segregated universities where women's campuses exist within male‐dominated universities. While Saudi Arabia's accelerated reforms are creating new opportunities for women's leadership, these are not reflected in the higher education sector yet. In adopting a feminist institutional theory perspective, this study employed a feminist qualitative approach, including 14 semi‐structured interviews in Saudi Arabia's three university settings. The findings revealed that the barriers to women's leadership were most significant within the partially segregated universities, rendering women leaders as effectively powerless. In contrast, women's leadership flourished in the women‐only university setting. As such, the findings suggest that the dominating partially segregated model is ineffective and problematic for women's leadership, and contradict the dominant view that gender segregation disempowers women. These insights have implications for the transformation of Saudi Arabia's higher education sector, aligned with the Kingdom's Vision 2030 policy.</p><h2 dir="ltr">Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Gender, Work & Organization<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gwao.13003" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gwao.13003</a></p> |
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| spelling | Women's leadership gamut in Saudi Arabia's higher education sectorHammad Akbar (23275510)Haya Al‐Dajani (23275513)Nailah Ayub (5965844)Iman Adeinat (22195593)EducationEducation systemsHuman societyGender studiesSociologyfeminist institutional theorygender segregated contextshigher education institutionsSaudi Arabiawomen's leadershipwomen's empowerment<p dir="ltr">This paper explores women's leadership in Saudi Arabia's three university settings—gender segregated (women or men‐only), unsegregated (co‐educational) and the majority of partially segregated universities where women's campuses exist within male‐dominated universities. While Saudi Arabia's accelerated reforms are creating new opportunities for women's leadership, these are not reflected in the higher education sector yet. In adopting a feminist institutional theory perspective, this study employed a feminist qualitative approach, including 14 semi‐structured interviews in Saudi Arabia's three university settings. The findings revealed that the barriers to women's leadership were most significant within the partially segregated universities, rendering women leaders as effectively powerless. In contrast, women's leadership flourished in the women‐only university setting. As such, the findings suggest that the dominating partially segregated model is ineffective and problematic for women's leadership, and contradict the dominant view that gender segregation disempowers women. These insights have implications for the transformation of Saudi Arabia's higher education sector, aligned with the Kingdom's Vision 2030 policy.</p><h2 dir="ltr">Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Gender, Work & Organization<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gwao.13003" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gwao.13003</a></p>2023-04-17T09:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1111/gwao.13003https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Women_s_leadership_gamut_in_Saudi_Arabia_s_higher_education_sector/31444258CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/314442582023-04-17T09:00:00Z |
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