The career growth of female managers : experiences at a financial institution in South Africa
- Authors: Singh, Ruweshka
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Women executives , Leadership in women
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/283349 , uj:30556
- Description: M.Phil. (Leadership in Performance and Change) , Abstract: While there has been a significant change in the profile of organisations in the twentieth century with the inclusion of women into the workforce, the representation of women at senior and top management levels continues to be a challenge for organisations worldwide. Various studies have looked at the cause of this challenge and have positioned various reasons for why many women are unable to ascend into the senior ranks of organisations. Leadership style, diversity, culture and the “glass ceiling phenomenon” are some of the reasons provided for the under-representation of women in senior and top management levels. However, there has been no theory that has been developed to fully explain why women are unable to break through the “glass ceiling” into senior and top management. In South Africa specifically, the under-representation of women in senior and top management level has been referred to by the Department of Labour as “the missing women phenomenon”. Companies comply with the legislative measures that have been implemented to address this challenge, and fully commit to train and develop women however the advancement of women into senior and top management is not evident. The researcher intends with this study, to examine the experiences of women in senior and top management levels to determine if there is a deeper, underlying reason, or reasons, that is preventing the ascension of women into senior and top management positions. For this qualitative research study, the researcher adopted an interpretivistic epistemology. Grounded theory methodology was used by the researcher to gain a deeper understanding of the experiences of women in the workplace. The intention of the researcher was to create a framework from which theory may be developed that assisted to explain the challenges women experience in the workplace. In identifying and understanding these challenges, appropriate actions may be implemented to address them, thereby assisting in the advancement of women into senior and top management...
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- Authors: Singh, Ruweshka
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Women executives , Leadership in women
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/283349 , uj:30556
- Description: M.Phil. (Leadership in Performance and Change) , Abstract: While there has been a significant change in the profile of organisations in the twentieth century with the inclusion of women into the workforce, the representation of women at senior and top management levels continues to be a challenge for organisations worldwide. Various studies have looked at the cause of this challenge and have positioned various reasons for why many women are unable to ascend into the senior ranks of organisations. Leadership style, diversity, culture and the “glass ceiling phenomenon” are some of the reasons provided for the under-representation of women in senior and top management levels. However, there has been no theory that has been developed to fully explain why women are unable to break through the “glass ceiling” into senior and top management. In South Africa specifically, the under-representation of women in senior and top management level has been referred to by the Department of Labour as “the missing women phenomenon”. Companies comply with the legislative measures that have been implemented to address this challenge, and fully commit to train and develop women however the advancement of women into senior and top management is not evident. The researcher intends with this study, to examine the experiences of women in senior and top management levels to determine if there is a deeper, underlying reason, or reasons, that is preventing the ascension of women into senior and top management positions. For this qualitative research study, the researcher adopted an interpretivistic epistemology. Grounded theory methodology was used by the researcher to gain a deeper understanding of the experiences of women in the workplace. The intention of the researcher was to create a framework from which theory may be developed that assisted to explain the challenges women experience in the workplace. In identifying and understanding these challenges, appropriate actions may be implemented to address them, thereby assisting in the advancement of women into senior and top management...
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Rose or thorn? : a black South African woman's account of working in a male-dominated environment
- Tabudi, Sizile Aurelia Thulisile
- Authors: Tabudi, Sizile Aurelia Thulisile
- Date: 2010-10-26T07:19:52Z
- Subjects: Leadership in women , Black women , Sex role in the work environment , Women executives , Sex discrimination in employment
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:6940 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3450
- Description: D.Phil. , The major part of what is known about women in leadership positions, and the challenges they are facing, is based on studies conducted in first-world countries. There clearly is a gap in the literature in terms of studies that focus on female leaders in Africa. Much has still to be said about the role that cultural practices and prejudices play in hampering the growth and progress of these women. This authentic study of a South African Zulu female manager provides a unique insight into the way she negotiated the challenges of climbing the corporate ladder in a male-dominated environment. Its postmodernist approach challenges the writer to use herself as a research subject while applying the principle of reflexivity in stepping back and analysing lived experiences from a researcher‟s perspective. In opening up her innermost feelings to the world, the researcher reveals who she really is, and how she, as a Zulu woman, wife, mother, and manager, negotiated her way between her own traditional culture and the Western corporate world. This creates real challenges to the researcher, as she has to keep sliding between being the subject and being the researcher at the same time. This narrative of "self" is recreated through interviewing people who had been part of the researcher‟s life during the period which was the focus of the study as well as the researcher recalling significant events. The research focuses on the challenges of being a minority leader in a South African workplace. The resistance to a black female as their superior by black males is highlighted, as is the manner in which these cultural prejudices result in discrimination against women by members of their own culture. The research also illuminates the impact of legislation aimed at transforming the local workplace and the leadership fraternity in a post-apartheid South Africa.
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- Authors: Tabudi, Sizile Aurelia Thulisile
- Date: 2010-10-26T07:19:52Z
- Subjects: Leadership in women , Black women , Sex role in the work environment , Women executives , Sex discrimination in employment
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:6940 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3450
- Description: D.Phil. , The major part of what is known about women in leadership positions, and the challenges they are facing, is based on studies conducted in first-world countries. There clearly is a gap in the literature in terms of studies that focus on female leaders in Africa. Much has still to be said about the role that cultural practices and prejudices play in hampering the growth and progress of these women. This authentic study of a South African Zulu female manager provides a unique insight into the way she negotiated the challenges of climbing the corporate ladder in a male-dominated environment. Its postmodernist approach challenges the writer to use herself as a research subject while applying the principle of reflexivity in stepping back and analysing lived experiences from a researcher‟s perspective. In opening up her innermost feelings to the world, the researcher reveals who she really is, and how she, as a Zulu woman, wife, mother, and manager, negotiated her way between her own traditional culture and the Western corporate world. This creates real challenges to the researcher, as she has to keep sliding between being the subject and being the researcher at the same time. This narrative of "self" is recreated through interviewing people who had been part of the researcher‟s life during the period which was the focus of the study as well as the researcher recalling significant events. The research focuses on the challenges of being a minority leader in a South African workplace. The resistance to a black female as their superior by black males is highlighted, as is the manner in which these cultural prejudices result in discrimination against women by members of their own culture. The research also illuminates the impact of legislation aimed at transforming the local workplace and the leadership fraternity in a post-apartheid South Africa.
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