Abstract: Ohemeng and Adusah-Karikari (2014) revealed women’s exclusion from both political power and the upper echelons of decision-making within the public service in recent times. This article enlightens on policies formulated to alleviate women participation in labour and employment. Women in administrative positions within the South African Public Service continue to increase however at the management level it does not increase at the same proportion. This article evaluates the fundamental relationship between employees’ perceptions of managerial and gender roles and the gender equity policy in selected public organisations. Data was collected through a survey administered to two hundred and sixty-five (265) middle and senior employees. Analysis revealed negative relationship between women’s managerial competency and women’s career advancement (t = -.475, p < .317); significant relationship between gender equity policy and women’s career advancement (t = 2.494, p < .146); and insignificant positive relation between gender role perceptions and women’s career advancement (t = 1.376, p < .605). The findings reveal women’s career advancement as being impaired by barriers with continual under representation at the managerial level within the South African Public Service.
Keywords: underrepresentation, career advancement, Progression, Career, Gender, Gender equity.
Title: Underrepresentation and Career Advancement of Women in the South African Public-Sector Setting
Author: Oladapo Olufemi Osituyo
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