TY - BOOK ID - 85466249 TI - A quiet revolution? : the rise of women managers, business owners and leaders in the Arabian Gulf States PY - 2017 SN - 1108206875 1108216323 131653460X 1107143462 1316507785 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Women executives KW - Businesswomen KW - Women-owned business enterprises KW - Women KW - Feminism KW - Emancipation of women KW - Feminist movement KW - Women's lib KW - Women's liberation KW - Women's liberation movement KW - Women's movement KW - Social movements KW - Anti-feminism KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Females KW - Human beings KW - Femininity KW - Business enterprises KW - Entrepreneurs, Women KW - Women entrepreneurs KW - Women in business KW - Businesspeople KW - Women as executives KW - Women in management KW - Women managers KW - Executives KW - Women middle managers KW - Emancipation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85466249 AB - 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. ER -