Women's progress in the Arab world: classroom–boardroom pipeline

Purpose The purpose of this conceptual paper was to investigate the contribution of the “Pipeline”, as a metaphor for building theory about Women-on-Boards (WoB) in the Arab world. Design/methodology/approach Narratives about women's progress in Arab countries were collected from a range of sources and content was analysed to identify emergent themes about pipeline. Findings Themes were identified of the pipeline metaphor that explained...