ABSTRACT
Nigerian public sector industry has long been the exclusive realm of the Nigeria men. This is as a result of the prevalent view in the world that women are subordinates, as a result of which certain jobs were not meant or seen as appropriate for them. Another general assumption is that women are less-educated, lack of the will to coordinate, lack the motivation to achieve, always less-concerned, more committed to their role as women/mother than Jobs, naturally weak and lazy and do not make good administrators cum managers. A problem this work tend to evaluate, taking cognizance that with more education cum knowledge, women have left the traditional careers open to them and have gone into fields that formerly were exclusive to men of which management is one. This study, therefore, tends to focus on women in management to discover the problems they encounter as they compete with men to move up the administrative ladder, and the opportunities open to them which they could explore to enhance their advancement in their career.
The study in evaluating the above stated problems adopts the use of primary and secondary data. The primary data, combined the use of role face to interview among educated women in the selected public parastatals cum agency like Federal Inland Revenue Department (FIRS), National Agency for food and drug administration Corporation (NAFDAC), Bureau for Public Enterprises for Privatization and Commercialization (BPE) and Extended Programme for Immunization Department (EPI) and the admission of questionnaires among staff of the above mentioned departments and agencies. The study in its secondary data made use of materials from archival library, Journal and, CD Rom, necessary to form a good value judgment of the work. The instruments used are in-depth interview method and questionnaires. To enhance the further study, the work used analytical approach using statistical and descriptive methods that was enhanced by interpretative concept. The work is situated on the Trait Theory.
The findings prove that there has been a remarkable change in what was obtainable before. The results show that for women to get into administrative jobs, they should have a minimum of first degree with professional qualifications as an added advantage for better opportunities. Women administrators or managers have become more dedicated, vibrant and goal achieving at their work, not allowing family responsibilities to affect their performance at work. Women who have managed big offices in recent time in Nigeria had shown that gender is not a barrier if you can achieve and have a vision to sail through.
In conclusion, although promotion policy of organization does not discriminate against woman and “on-the-job” training is provided for women administrators, there are still few women at top management positions. Gender and organizational policy are the reasons for few women at top management positions, of which the Jinx should be totally broken to allow for more women participation in the administration of the society at large.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Background of Study
1.2 Statement of Problems
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Research Question
1.5 Research Hypothesis
1.6 Scope of Study
1.7 Significance of study
1.8 Limitation of study
1.9 Definition of terms
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Literature Review
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Research methodology
3.1 Research Design
3.2 Population of study
3.3 Sampling Design and Procedure
3.4 Data Collection Instrument
3.5 Administration of Data Collection Instrument
3.6 Methods of data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Data Presentation and Analysis
4.1 Data Presentation
4.2 Test of Hypothesis
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation
5.1 Summary
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 Recommendation
References
Questionnaire