Contextual Embeddedness of Women's Entrepreneurship

4 'Pleasing the father' The impact of the political leader in shaping women's entrepreneurship in Oman

Hadil Al-Moosa

Introduction

Scholars studying women in the Arab Gulf countries highlight the role of political leaders in shaping women’s positions in the economic, social and political spheres (Al-Awadhi, 2005; Fakhro, 2005). Given the limited studies in this region (Jamali, 2009), the existing literature on Arab women’s entrepreneurship is yet to recognize the political leader’s role in shaping women’s entrepreneurship. The results of this study demonstrate this important role.

Initially, the aim of this study was to explore the dominant contextual factors that shape women’s entrepreneurship in the context of Oman. However, based on the preliminary ...