Perception of Females Instructors and Administrative Workers as to the Challenges to Ascribe Management Positions in Debre Markos University, Ethiopia

Abstract

The general objective of the study was to investigate the perception differences between female instructors and administrative workers as to the challenges 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. Statistical tests would be performed based using Mann-Whitney non- parametric statistical tests to examine the perception differences between female instructors and administrative workers as to the challenges to ascribe management positions in the university. From the descriptive result, it has shown that the representation of women in management position is very low. The study of this finding revealed that organizational, social and personal related challenges influence equally female academic and female administrative staffs towards ascribing management position. Finally, it is recommended that; it is important to create work environment that is suitable for women in order to improve uniform representation of women across management position and to aspire managerial positions. Keywords: Ascribe management positions, Social challenges, Organizational challenges, Personal challenges, Empowerment, Debre Markos University DOI: 10.7176/PPAR/10-6-03 Publication date: June 30th 2020