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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sociol.
Sec. Migration and Society
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1466161

Building Bridges: How Women's Relational Empowerment is Linked to Well-Being and Community Embeddedness

Provisionally accepted
Hazem Aldabbas Hazem Aldabbas *Liza Gernal Liza Gernal Ahmed Zain Elabdin Ahmed Ahmed Zain Elabdin Ahmed Abdallah M. Elamin Abdallah M. Elamin
  • University of Science and Technology of Fujairah, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

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    Both host nations and expatriates themselves are concerned with the integration of women expatriates into host countries' societies. We developed a framework based on empowerment theory to illustrate how relational empowerment influences well-being and community embeddedness in a host country. By promoting relational empowerment, individuals enhance their well-being, making them more engaged and embedded within a community. This study collected data from 218 women expatriates living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and utilized the Hayes PROCESS Macro to test four proposed hypotheses. Based on bootstrapping and regression results, we found that women's relational empowerment is directly and indirectly linked to community embeddedness, with this indirect relationship influenced by factors such as women's well-being. We discussed the implications of these findings for both theoretical advancement and the development of practical strategies, emphasizing on how relational empowerment can impact women's well-being and lead to greater community embeddedness in the UAE and potentially elsewhere.

    Keywords: empowerment of women, Relational empowerment, Well-being, community embeddedness, United Arab Emirates

    Received: 17 Jul 2024; Accepted: 18 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Aldabbas, Gernal, Ahmed and Elamin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Hazem Aldabbas, University of Science and Technology of Fujairah, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

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