1. ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND
GENDER GAP IN THE OIL AND GAS
INDUSTRY
Zakiya Alsadah
Scholarly Inquiry Fall 2012

2. Focus
• The role of organizational culture of the oil and gas
industry in creating gender gap

3. Significance of the study
• The economy of my country depends primarily on the
oil and gas industry. This fact is going to make my
research more valuable in the market.
• The oil and gas industry now is suffering from skills
gap that is related to gender gap

4. Reasons for skills gap
• Retiring of baby boomers

5. Reasons for skills gap
• Resigning of skilled workers for positions with better
payment

6. Solution to mend skills gap
• Oil and gas industry increases its pool of talent
search by optimizing the female part.

7. Skills gap and Gender gap
Why oil and gas industry now is suffering from
gender gap?
• Organizational culture

8. Organizational culture
• What is the meaning of the organizational culture?

9. Organizational culture
Why it is important to understand the culture of the
country before understanding the organizational
culture?
• Muscularity/ Femininity
• Individualism/ Collectivism
• Power distance

10. Organizational culture
• Middle Eastern organizational culture and female
issues.

11. Oil and gas industry and gender gap
• Male-dominant sector around the world

12. Challenges in attracting and retaining females
• Dual life
• Challenging work hours

13. Challenges in attracting and retaining female
engineers
• Remote locations
• Accommodation for females

14. Challenges in attracting and retaining female
engineers
• Team acceptance
• Safety Polices

15. Challenges in attracting and retaining female
engineers
Male v.s Female work nature
• Win-lose culture

16. Challenges in attracting and retaining female
engineers
Male v.s Female work nature
• Win-win culture

17. Equity vs Equality
Which one is the target of employers that wants to benefit from
their investment in women?
• Culture that value and appreciate gender differences.

18. Equity vs Equality
• Having work-life harmony
• Internal support

19. Equity vs Equality
• Diversity policies that protect women

20. Conclusion
• The topic has a relationship with my career goal