Assessment Of Factors Affecting Women's Participation In Management Positions In The Public Sector; In The Case Of Meta Welkite District

Abstract

Women controlled affected socially, politically, economically. . The objective of the study was to assess the factors that affect women's participation in a management position. To achieve this objective, a descriptive design was used which was supplemented by both quantitative and qualitative data. The study was conducted in the public sector in the case of the Meta Welkite district. The sampling technique of the study was probability sampling specifically simple random sampling. The method of data collection was the survey method and the tools were questionnaires, interviews, and document analysis. 86 respondents participated in questionnaires and 2 respondents were interviewed. The questionnaire was analyzed quantitatively using descriptive, using SPSS version 22 while data obtained through the interview was analyzed qualitatively. The study assessed and identifies the participation of women in management which is attributed to different personal (home and family responsibility and perception of women towards management), socio-cultural (attitude of the community towards management and women managers and stereotype), political, and institutional (promotion policy and motivation) factors that affect women's participation in a management position. The overall recommendation of the study was to recover women’s attitudes in management, change political background history, and proper awareness for women by making training programs and motivating women who participated in management by rewarding and promoting them to the next organization