Exploring the Level of Managerial, Political, Academic, Economic and Social Women Empowerment in Saudi Arabia

Al-Qahtani, Maleeha Mohammed Zaaf and Alkhateeb, Tarek Tawfik Yousef and Mahmood, Haider and Abdalla, Manal Abdalla Zahed and Mawad, Ghada Shihata Ebrahim and Alkhatib, Maha Ahmed Hussein (2020): Exploring the Level of Managerial, Political, Academic, Economic and Social Women Empowerment in Saudi Arabia. Published in: International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change , Vol. 13, No. 8 (3 May 2020): pp. 450-465.

Abstract

Women empowerment may be utilized for sustainable development by using hidden un-utilized potential of the country. The present research is estimated the perception-based level of managerial, academic, economic, political and social women empowerment from a well-structured questionnaire. The Cronbach Alpha test is corroborated the reliability of each item in the hypothesized women empowerment dimension. We corroborate the satisfactory level of women empowerment in all hypothesized dimensions as per perception of the respondents. The highest average score is found for social women empowerment. It means that social women empowerment played a greatest role among others to empower the Saudi women. The second rank is achieved by academic women empowerment and the third position is for economic empowerment. Thus, economic empowerment and academic empowerment are playing their significant role in empowering the Saudi women. The lowest average mean is found for political empowerment. Hence, political domain need attention to provide women rights in political participation and processes.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Women empowerment, Managerial, Economic, Social, Political, Academic
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I0 - General > I00 - General

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