Coping Strategies Adopted by Women in Leadership Position to Overcome Their Barriers

Abstract

In the current scenario there is a growing focus on women leadership, due to the fundamental gains women have made in the workplace. This changing scenario has given liberal opportunities for women to be successful leaders. Simultaneously, there is a paucity of women leaders and women in senior management positions who could be taking up leadership positions later and thus it is the right time to address the issue of women leadership and encourage and support women to take up leadership roles. Companies have taken many kinds of support structures in the working places, such as various coping strategies for increase the number of women at the top positions. The present study will discuss about the coping strategies adopted to overcome the barriers among women leaders in their leadership positions based on the survey results among women in leadership position at Coimbatore,Tamilnadu.