Managing Locals in the Gulf: Careers of Women in the Middle East. A theoretical review of the protean career concept.

Non-Western geographical contexts are under-represented in management studies. This paper discusses the lived career experiences of women in the Middle East region through the lens of the protean career concept, a career metaphor which has originated from the Western context. While global similarities concerning female individualism, agency and self-management are recognised, it is clear that the structural context in which careers unfold...