SUKHDEO, Kumaravelli (2022). The factors influencing women’s progression to leadership roles in South Africa. Doctoral, Sheffield Hallam University.
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Abstract
'This research investigates the situation of women leaders in SA over 25
years after major policy reforms and the end of the oppressive apartheid
regime that discriminated against so many people. Despite the reforms, it
seemed apparent that women and black women in particular are absent from
leadership positions in South Africa today. I therefore decided to undertake
an enquiry underpinned by the theoretical concept of intersectionality and to
use an intersectional analysis to look at the social and structural factors that
influence women’s career progression. I used Life History Calendars and indepth
interviews to reveal the life and work experiences of 15 predominantly
Black female South African business leaders. This study sought to
understand how women create and commit meaning around their lived
experiences, how they experience the malleability and boundaries of multiple
identities, and how they experience the imbroglio of macro, meso, and micro
societal and organizational forces. In addition, it looks towards identifying
practices and policies that are challenging for women. The study further explores the relationships between organizational and social cultures and
ideologies that can be problematic for women and uses reflections on
Intersectional experiences to comment with an intersectional lens and
sensibility on how the lived experiences were similar or different in each case.
The findings are portrayed through a storytelling lens and a golden thread
makes the recommendations and link between research and literature very
clear.
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