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Gender Perceptions Of Factors Affecting The Career Advancement Of Female Academics In South Africa
Dissertation (MCOM)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/79272 Gender Perceptions Of Factors Affecting The Career Advancement Of Female Academics In South Africa Barkhuizen, E. Nicolene sophialyons00@gmail.com du Plessis, Y. Lyons, Sophia Welma UCTD Dissertation (MCOM)--University of Pretoria, 2013. Background and aim: In several universities, the academic staff complement is dominated by men, regardless of the implementation of employment equity. The fact that the integration of women at all levels of academia is so slow is seen as a serious problem in some countries (Badat, 2010; Rogg, 2001). Koen (2003) stated that, regardless of the endeavours to promote staff equity, there are considerable differences in gender and race representation, and women and blacks are overrepresented in lower-ranked jobs. Women still remain underrepresented at senior levels, also in South African universities. Studies have found that women come across explicit complications in trying to build successful careers in academia (Ismail, Rasdi, & Wahat, 2005; Prozesky, 2008). The main purpose of the present study was to explore the differences in the perceptions of the genders regarding factors that affect the career advancement of female academics in South African higher education institutions (HEIs). Method: Convenience sampling was used for this study. The Career Advancement Questionnaire for Women, developed by Zhong (2006), was distributed to male and female academics in South African HEIs. It was used to determine the facilitating factors, constraining factors, and gender issues affecting female academics’ career advancement Results: • Female and male academics were in agreement on factors that facilitate women’s career advancement. Our findings indicate that the main facilitating factors for female academics’ career advancement are job knowledge, attitude toward work, and effective communications skills. • Male and female respondents were in disagreement on the factors that constrain women’s career advancement, although both groups agreed that there are high-level constraining factors that have a negative impact on female academics’ career advancement. • Male and female respondents were in disagreement that certain gender issues prevent women’s career advancement. Both the null and alternative hypotheses were partially accepted with reference to the following: • There are significant differences between the gender groups in terms of the facilitating factors affecting the career advancement of female academics. • There are significant differences between the gender groups in terms of the constraining factors affecting the career advancement of female academics. • There are significant differences between the gender groups in terms of the gender issues affecting the career advancement of female academics. Practical relevance: As far as could be determined, not many studies of this kind have been done in South Africa to date. The benefit of the present study, from a theoretical perspective, is that it will contribute to the body of knowledge on the career advancement of female academics. Unlike previous studies that only focussed on other countries or other industries, the present study examined the specific factors that affect the career advancement of female academics in South African HEIs. The practical contribution of this study is that it gained insight into the perceptions of male and female academics regarding factors that constrain and facilitate female academics’ career advancement. By identifying the most common constraining and facilitating factors, recommendations could be made to HEIs to improve female academics career advancement. Human Resource Management MCOM Unrestricted 2021-04-06T07:22:36Z 2021-04-06T07:22:36Z 2014/04/11 2013 Dissertation Lyons, SW 2013, Gender Perceptions Of Factors Affecting The Career Advancement Of Female Academics In South Africa, MCOM Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79272> M14/9/297 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79272 en © 2020 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 |
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| title_full | Gender Perceptions Of Factors Affecting The Career Advancement Of Female Academics In South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Gender Perceptions Of Factors Affecting The Career Advancement Of Female Academics In South Africa |
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| title_short | Gender Perceptions Of Factors Affecting The Career Advancement Of Female Academics In South Africa |
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| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79272 |