Ranking the enablers promoting female empowerment in the UAE health care sector

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ID12928003
AutoresMehrajunnisa Mehrajunnisa (Abu Dhabi University, autor correspondente), Fauzia Jabeen (0000-0002-3505-5955, Abu Dhabi University)
Ano2019
Volume12
Fascículo2
Páginas117-144
Data de publicação2019-07-17
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1756-6266 • E-ISSN: 1756-6274
EditoraEmerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1108/ijge-12-2018-0135
OpenAlexW2957119443
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas55

Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify and rank the enablers that promote female empowerment in the health-care sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design/methodology/approach This study uses the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to rank the enablers that promote female empowerment in the health-care sector. The AHP model was developed with 7 criteria and 28 sub-criteria based on previous literature. Data were collected through interviews of 24 female Emirati medical professionals. The respondents were selected from UAE-based public and private health-care units. The data collected were interpreted, and a priority vector was assigned to each criterion and sub-criterion. Findings It is observed that organizational human resource policies, organizational culture and institutional factors take top priority under the main enablers, and training and development, ethical environment and institutional and legal systems were determined to be the three most important sub-enablers that promote female empowerment in the UAE health-care sector. Research limitations/implications The major limitation of this study is that it is conducted only in the UAE. Similar studies should be carried out in other GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries due to the governmental and cultural homogeneity. The study will help policymakers and health-care organizations in the GCC to adopt the best approaches that transform work cultures and realize the potential of investing in female and their contribution to the national economy. Originality/value Female empowerment has been a challenging task for the mainstream literature of gender advancement. This study is the first of its kind to propose an AHP model that ranks the enablers that promote female empowerment in the UAE health-care sector

Analytic hierarchy process · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Health care · Mainstream · Originality · Political science · Private sector · Public relations · Public sector · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Medicine · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Nursing · Socioeconomic Development in MENA