Amal El Kharouf

Factors influencing the employment of women

From the view of employed and non-employed women and managers in Amman city, Jordan

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Produktbeschreibung

This study is an attempt to collect current data on the reasons for women s non-employment identifying the major social, religious and cultural factors which influence the employment and non-employment of women in Amman city. The research utilises both quantitative and qualitative methodologies and consists of a survey of three employed women plus a senior manager in each of 25 public and 25 private institutions and a questionnaire survey of 120 households. The analysis of the data indicates that demographic, socio- economic, attitudinal and cultural factors influence women s employment status. Discriminant analysis identified five key variables which discriminated between employed and non-employed married women. These variables were: 1. the husband s agreement for his wife to get a job; 2. age of oldest child; 3. the women s own educational level; 4. The husband s educational level, and 5. personal income satisfaction. The results are discussed in relation to the existing literature and the study concludes with a discussion of the contribution to knowledge and to policy making. Important proposals include the need for a change in the attitude of people towards women s employment

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9783848414246
• ISBN-10: 3848414244
• Artikelnr.: 36000092

Autorenporträt

Upon graduation in 1999 with a PhD in Socio- economics from the University of Bradford, Prof. Amal served several positions and currently Dr. Al Kharoof is a Professor at the Women's Studies Center at the University of Jordan and she is teaching a wide variety of courses. Moreover,Prof. Amal is considered to be an independent and active researcher