Localizing women's experiences in academia: : multilevel factors at play in the Arab Middle East and North Africa

• Autores: Charlotte M. Karam, Fida Afiounia
• Localización: The International Journal of Human Resource Management, ISSN-e 1466-4399, Vol. 25, Nº. 4, 2014, págs. 500-538
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article explores the localized experiences of women at work in higher education in the under-researched context of the Arab Middle East and North Africa. Our main research questions are: What is the current status of academic women between and across the countries of this region? How can human resources play a developmental role for women at work in academic institutions, as well as for the region in general? We adopt a two-part research method in this study. First, through a critical review of the literature, we develop a regionally relevant macrolevel hypothetical model to localize a gender perspective on women at work. Second, we engage in a focused empirical examination of publicly available university data to document the: (1) representation of women across ranks; and (2) specific content of pertinent human resource policies. On the basis of these data, we propose a more complete multilevel hypothetical model upon which we put forward a critical discussion and directions for future research on gender, human resource management and regional development more broadly.