Open AccessThe Degree of Women’s Satisfaction with their Handicraft Work and the Difficulties they Encountered
Author(s) -
Ghazi Daifallah Rawagah,
Jawaher Bani Attah,
Muhammad Khaled Al-Alawneh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of humanities and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1694-2639
pISSN - 1694-2620
DOI - 10.26803/ijhss.12.5.2
Subject(s) - handicraft , business , tourism , population , work (physics) , marketing , geography , engineering , medicine , environmental health , mechanical engineering , archaeology
There is modest contribution of tourism and handicrafts sector in Jordan with a small share of GDP. Previous studies have failed to discuss the main impacts of the situation and problems of the handicrafts sector, considering the level of satisfaction, main problems, and difficulties encountered by craftswomen. The study explores impact of the situation and problems of the handicrafts sector based on the level of satisfaction of craftswomen with their crafts, main problems, and difficulties encountered by them. A questionnaire was developed to survey the target population from one of historic touristic cities in Jordan “Ajloun”. A recognized number of women working in the handcrafts field to fulfil their needs and to keep traditional vocations alive were recruited for this study. The results of the study showed that a moderate satisfaction level is related to handicrafts work setting; whereas, the social and adequacy of income domain had a moderate satisfaction level as well. The women who did handicrafts encountered a number of problems and obstacles in marketing the products and on administration level such as lack of regulation and supervision, access to raw materials, low levels of demand, and deterioration of marketing channels.