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An exploration of leadership identity and intersectionality through selected life stories of Black women in the South African Public Service
Thesis (DAdmin)--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/78367 An exploration of leadership identity and intersectionality through selected life stories of Black women in the South African Public Service Van Dijk, Gerda tinaroos553@gmail.com Nkwana, Hunadi Mapula Roos, Tina Black women; Public Administration race gender ethnicity intersectionality leadership UCTD Thesis (DAdmin)--University of Pretoria, 2020. Using the life stories of Black women employed by the Department of Employment and Labour, the study explores leadership identity and role congruity through the lenses of intersectionality and post-colonial feminism. Demographically, Black women constitute the majority of women within the senior management service and as such may have the biggest influence on a gendered leadership identity for the Public Service. However, the study investigates how women’s life stories influence the meaning they attach to their gender, race and ethnicity as contributing to their leadership identity and role congruity. Despite the steady progress made in terms of equity representation there is no understanding of how and if Black women in the Department have adapted their leadership identity, what challenges they have experienced and how these challenges could lead to a more gendered leadership understanding. There is a need to explore how the experiences of pre-1994, patriarchy and the triple intersectionality of gender, race and ethnicity affected Black women in senior positions in becoming the leaders that they are, and how those experiences manifest in their leadership interactions. Coupled with understanding the Department’s leadership culture and the expectation placed on women leaders, is the necessity to determine whether it is congruent with the leadership identity of Black women. The tightrope between agency and communion in the workplace is analysed in light of the notion that when women behave outside the gender roles, they are perceived in a negative manner and can suffer prejudice. Thus, the study aims to explore the influence of these variables on the leadership identity of Black women in a comprehensive manner. School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA) DAdmin (Public Administration) Unrestricted 2021-02-10T06:45:31Z 2021-02-10T06:45:31Z 2021-04-26 2020 Thesis Roos, T 2020, An exploration of leadership identity and intersectionality through selected life stories of Black women in the South African Public Service, DAdmin (Public Administration) Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78367> A2021 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78367 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Black women; Public Administration race gender ethnicity intersectionality leadership UCTD An exploration of leadership identity and intersectionality through selected life stories of Black women in the South African Public Service |
| title | An exploration of leadership identity and intersectionality through selected life stories of Black women in the South African Public Service |
| title_full | An exploration of leadership identity and intersectionality through selected life stories of Black women in the South African Public Service |
| title_fullStr | An exploration of leadership identity and intersectionality through selected life stories of Black women in the South African Public Service |
| title_full_unstemmed | An exploration of leadership identity and intersectionality through selected life stories of Black women in the South African Public Service |
| title_short | An exploration of leadership identity and intersectionality through selected life stories of Black women in the South African Public Service |
| title_sort | exploration of leadership identity and intersectionality through selected life stories of black women in the south african public service |
| topic | Black women; Public Administration race gender ethnicity intersectionality leadership UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78367 |