Commuting for women in Saudi Arabia: Metro to driving - Options to support women employment

Williams, Sarah; Qiu, Waishan; Awwad, Zeyad; Alfayez, Aljoharah

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.05.002

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“…Entrepreneurship is generally termed to be any impact that is placed over a nation or a place through the application of strategic measures in maintaining social wellbeing through monetary transactions. The current state of Saudi Arabia in entrepreneurship context relies upon the strength of men in imposing business strategies and dealing with import-export of production services from their Nation to others (Williams et al, 2019). According to the economic reports it has been observed that Saudi Arabia is one of the leading and rapid growing Nations in entrepreneurship and development.…”

Section: Overview Of Current Situations Of Entrepreneurship In Saudi mentioning

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An Investigation of the Role of Female Entrepreneurship in The Economic Development of Saudi Arabia

Alrasheedi¹,

Abualfalayeh²

2020

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In the modern days, the role of female entrepreneurship has been expanded in the market and they also play their essential role in the contribution in the economic development for their respective nations. The aim of the study is to analyse and investigate the role of female entrepreneurship in the development of the economic condition in Saudi Arabia. The introduction section mainly sheds light on the research aim, objective and the research questions in order to provide the abrupt understanding of the research. The section also provides the justification for the research along with the structure of the study. In addition to this, the research methodology section provides a complete understanding of the research philosophy, approach, and design and data collection method. Additionally, in this research, the data has been collected with the help of secondary research. In the data finding section, the research provides the different types of theme in order to highlight the role of female entrepreneurship in the development of the national economic condition. Entrepreneurship development by women's group has been one of the major realms that are adopted by various organisations all over the world. The presence of various traditional and cultural norms has restricted women from attaining entrepreneurship engagement for a successful business environment in the Saudi Arabian region. This is because the Saudi Arabian government has laid the Limited number of services that a woman can avail in the economic framework of the country. The study claims to identify the benefits and challenges that arise while reforming the existing architecture and economical background of Saudi Arabia to that of the women employment criteria in business operations. In other words, the facilitation of women to attain Entrepreneurship and self-governing business need to be attained in order to gain economic growth regarding the financial aspects of the country. The study considers several theoretical frameworks including the Krueger and Brazeal's model of entrepreneurship potential so as to investigate perceived official feasibility propensity to act and perceive desirability for women in employment. Deducing entrepreneur opportunities regarding women residing in the Saudi Arabian region has often been our challenging aspect as religious and cultural rights are post against women. However, the importance of including women in business has been observed to provide the country in attaining business growth in the Global region of operation. Similarly, the Saudi Arabian region upon having a strong oil refinery bass would also be required to make them self-independent of another business sector that is to be developed in that region. The study provides a detailed analysis through data collection from various samples in an exploratory way to reduce conclusions regarding the benefits of including women in entrepreneurship and development. In the conclusion and recommendation section the research draft the overall summary of the research and provide the objective linking. The objective linking helps the researcher to correlate with the section of the study and where the specified objective has been met. The research future scope and limitation has been providing that in future the research scholar needs to expand the research in the form of open-ended and interview questionnaires in order to collect the individual aspects regarding the topic. The recommendation has been provided to the authority and society so that they can able to promote the female entrepreneurship activities for the development of the national economic condition.

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Section: Overview Of Current Situations Of Entrepreneurship In Saudi mentioning

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An Investigation of the Role of Female Entrepreneurship in The Economic Development of Saudi Arabia

Alrasheedi¹,

Abualfalayeh²

2020

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“…As a result, it is projected to be reflected positively in the country's broader community, economy, and sustainability, as foreseen in Vision 2030. Simultaneously, permitting women to drive their own car will also generate new challenges that have to be delicately identified to achieve the aimed goals of sustainable development [1][2][3][4][5][6][7].…”

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“…The KSA made a courageous decision in 2017 and declared that Saudi women would be allowed to drive for the very first time. It is expected that this decision will help boost women's contribution to economic growth and play a more prominent role in social life [1,[4][5][6][7][8][9]. Moreover, empowering women could be considered a strong way to support the development, tolerance, and equality in the society as well as the values they may add to the whole enhancement of the country [10].…”

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“…There is a strong belief that this prevented qualified women who chose to join the workforce. This led to Saudi women's unemployment rate in 2016 being nearly six orders of magnitude than Saudi men's [2,6].…”

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“…Williams et al [6] researched the relationship between the accessibility of various forms of transportation and women's opportunity to join a job in the KSA. The study provides Riyadh's comparative travel cost maps and explores commute costs for solo driving, private drivers, and taxi services.…”

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Geographical Distribution and Modeling of the Impact of Women Driving Cars on the Sustainable Development of Saudi Arabia

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Background: This work investigated attitudes and public perception regarding the impact of allowing women to drive on social, environmental, and economic aspects of the sustainable development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The study includes the perspectives of both women and men towards the potential implications of this decree on society in general and women’s well-being in particular. Methods: The methodology consisted of an online survey that was conducted before and after the decree was activated in 2017, where 62,065 individuals participated from thirteen provinces of the KSA. Geographic information systems (GISs) and statistical methods were applied to the obtained datasets to examine the geographical distribution and modeling of the effect of women driving on sustainable development of the KSA. Results: The results show that the attitudes towards allowing women to drive are geographically and statistically diverse. The study revealed that the economic impact of women driving was the highest significance, especially in increasing employment opportunities for women and decreasing household travel expenses for women. Conclusion: Overall, 70.4% of respondents agreed that women driving will positively affect the sustainable development of the KSA in terms of social and economic impact. The study also revealed that geographic location is one of the dominating factors on the attitudes towards the social impact of women driving within 95% confidence interval. Additionally, participants strongly believe (with an agreement rate of 85.1%) that Saudi women driving will improve economic development and the female job market.

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Commuting for women in Saudi Arabia: Metro to driving - Options to support women employment

Cited by 16 publications

References 18 publications

An Investigation of the Role of Female Entrepreneurship in The Economic Development of Saudi Arabia

An Investigation of the Role of Female Entrepreneurship in The Economic Development of Saudi Arabia

Geographical Distribution and Modeling of the Impact of Women Driving Cars on the Sustainable Development of Saudi Arabia

Using GIS-based intelligent transportation systems in the enhancement of university campus commuting in a smart city context

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