Although more South African women are progressing into managerial positions, they are doing
so at a slow pace and continue to face many challenges (Paulsen, 2009; Mckinsey & Company,
2010; Molebatsi, 2009). Therefore, this research set out to investigate South African women
managers’ experiences and how they might relate to their perceptions of organisational justice
and perceptions of leadership self-efficacy. Perceptions of organisational justice and perceptions
of leadership self-efficacy are significant because they have been individually linked to
motivation, commitment, satisfaction and performance (Baldwin, 2006; Combs, 2002; Colquitt,
et al., 2001; McCormick, et al., 2002; Paglis, 2010). In addition, the research aimed to explore
how these two concepts might interplay.
The research took a qualitative approach and conducted in-depth interviews with eight senior
women managers from different organisations. A tape recorder was used to record the interviews
and thematic content analysis was used to analyse the data collected.
The women in the study highlighted both negative and positive work experiences in their role as
women senior managers. Further, the study revealed that senior women managers are not a
homogeneous group as their experiences are also influenced by factors such as their race, marital
status and number and/or age their children. The study also showed that the senior women
managers’ experiences were related to their perceptions of organisational justice and leadership
self-efficacy. The women in this study were vibrant and positive, and reflected high levels of
leadership self-efficacy. It was also clear that these women’s experiences placed more emphasis
on procedural and interactional justice than on distributive justice as they placed greater
emphasis on work relationships, how they were treated and the fairness of work processes. In
addition, the research also found a link between perceptions of organisational and perceptions of
leadership self-efficacy
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/12984 |
| Date | 05 August 2013 |
| Creators | Mupambirei, Ruth Rumbidzai |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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