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Bahraini Women Engineers: Factors Influencing Their Career Success Ladder

Bahraini Women Engineers: Factors Influencing Their Career Success Ladder

Adel Ismail Al-Alawi, Shurooq Husamaddin, Fatema Khaled Mejeran, Fatema Kadhem Madan
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 31
ISBN13: 9781522537106|ISBN10: 1522537104|EISBN13: 9781522537113
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3710-6.ch008
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MLA

Al-Alawi, Adel Ismail, et al. "Bahraini Women Engineers: Factors Influencing Their Career Success Ladder." Arab Women and Their Evolving Roles in the Global Business Landscape, edited by Ebtihaj Al-A'ali, et al., IGI Global, 2018, pp. 178-208. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3710-6.ch008

APA

Al-Alawi, A. I., Husamaddin, S., Mejeran, F. K., & Madan, F. K. (2018). Bahraini Women Engineers: Factors Influencing Their Career Success Ladder. In E. Al-A'ali, M. Al-Shammari, & H. Masri (Eds.), Arab Women and Their Evolving Roles in the Global Business Landscape (pp. 178-208). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3710-6.ch008

Chicago

Al-Alawi, Adel Ismail, et al. "Bahraini Women Engineers: Factors Influencing Their Career Success Ladder." In Arab Women and Their Evolving Roles in the Global Business Landscape, edited by Ebtihaj Al-A'ali, Minwir M. Al-Shammari, and Hatem Masri, 178-208. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3710-6.ch008

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Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to investigate the current situation of women engineers in the Kingdom of Bahrain in the public and private sectors, discussing some factors that affect women's access to leading positions, and looking for ways to increase the status of Bahraini women leading in this sector, which will consequently contribute to reinforcing their role in this extremely important sector. The research is approached through a quantitative and qualitative study conducted in the public and private engineering field. Two forms of questionnaires, printed and electronic, were distributed among 120 women engineers; responses were received from 57 of them. In general, the results show that although engineering women are very successful in their career and are effectively contributing to the engineering sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain, many issues need to be addressed in order to support them in reaching higher leading positions.

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