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Emirati Women and Public Sector Employment: The Implicit Patriarchal Bargain

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  • Alison Williams
  • Joe Wallis
  • Paul Williams

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An implicit patriarchal bargain between Emirati fathers and daughters is examined from a social constructionist perspective. Using qualitative methodology we found that fathers explicitly encourage their daughters to pursue tertiary education and careers, but hedge this break from tradition with implicit understandings that daughters will observe norms that can only realistically be followed in public sector employment. The persistent public-private imbalance in female employment patterns can thus be construed, as a ‘wicked problem” that cannot be addressed through market incentive-based policies such as Emiratization but rather through behavioral changes on the part of both UAE businesses and Emirati families.

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  • Alison Williams & Joe Wallis & Paul Williams, 2013. "Emirati Women and Public Sector Employment: The Implicit Patriarchal Bargain," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(2), pages 137-149.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:36:y:2013:i:2:p:137-149
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2012.721438
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