Challenges of Female Instructors and Administrative Workers to Ascribe Management Positions in Debre Markos University

Abstract

The general objective of the study was to identify the challenges of female instructors and administrative workers to ascribe management positions in Debre Markos University. To achieve the objective of the study from 927total populations who were working in Debre Markos University 280 sample have taken trough simple random sampling method. Primary data were collected through questionnaires from a sample of 280 respondents. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the existing situation of women’s representation in leadership in Debre Markos University and describe the challenges of female instructors and administrative workers to ascribe management positions, from the descriptive result, it has shown that the representation women in leadership position is very low. Finally, it is recommended that; women should have confidence for upward advancements to managerial positions, have motivation and interests towards managerial positions, proactive towards managerial positions and are active in acquiring the necessary leadership skills, believe in their competence and ability on managerial positions. The study of this finding revealed that personal challenges seem to have major challenge as compared to societal and organizational challenges that impede women to ascribe management positions.

Keywords: Ascribe management positions, Social challenge, Organizational challenge, Personal challenge, Empowerment, Debre Markos University

DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/10-5-02

Publication date:March 31^st 2020