Women in the Bahrain Financial Sector
Opportunities, Challenges and Strategic Choices
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10940374 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chitra Sinha (0000-0002-5715-0136, Uppsala University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 44-60 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0049-0857 • E-ISSN: 0976-3538 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0049085719901069 |
| OpenAlex | W3014764717 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
The present article attempts to throw light on the social, cultural, institutional and economic influences on workforce participation of Bahraini women. It focusses on employment trends in the Bahrain financial sector, the cultural context of work, existing legal framework and work environment. Available empirical evidence suggests that while universities put great emphasis on financial education and a significant proportion of Bahraini women work in the financial sector, their career progression is distinctly slower than that of men due to a variety of socio-cultural constraints, perception bias, job requirements and policy choices. The article underscores the need for an enhanced understanding of opportunities and challenges faced by women in Bahrain’s financial sector. Using bank-level public disclosures and government statistics, the article analyses opportunities and constraints of women’s work participation in the financial sector. It also emphasises the need to monitor the trends in female representation in the formal workforce through quantitative and qualitative analysis
Business · Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Government (linguistics · Political science · Private sector · Public relations · Public sector · Variety (cybernetics · Work (physics · Workforce · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Socioeconomic Development in MENA
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |