Assessment of Women Participation in Leadership Positions: The case of G. Global Gas & Chemical Plc
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2024-03-06
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Abstract
The purpose of the study is to identify limiting factors existing at individual, organizational
and societal level that are hindering women progress to leadership position using G. Global
Gas & Chemicals as a case study since it has a ratio of male to female employees of 1 to 1.94
and there are only 11 women in high and mid-level management positions at the company. The
study employed explanatory research design, quantitative research approach and criteriabased
purposive sampling technique. A total of 56 employees of the company that do have
minimum academic achievement of diploma/TVET or more and three or more years of work
experience at the company were selected out of the 150 employees of the company. 6 employees
that are at the high and mid-level of management participated on the open-ended interview
and the remaining 50 employees were participated in the structured questionnaire. Based on
the data collected using the structured questionnaire, quantitative data analysis was done and
the value of each limiting and facilitating factor was identified. The result shows that at an
individual level the most impactful factors are ‘Difficulty in balancing work and family
responsibility’, ‘Difference in leadership style of women and men’ and ‘Lack of adequate
academic and job qualifications’ while ‘Lack of priority for women during competition and
promotion’, ‘Lack of fairness in professional development opportunities’ and ‘Unfair
recruitment practices’ are the most impactful at organization level. ‘Family and work
responsibility’, ‘Limited educational opportunity for women’, and ‘Negative cultural beliefs
and attitudes towards women role and ability to be leaders’ are the most impactful at societal
level.