Research report submitted to the Wits School of Arts University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Humanities in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the field of Drama Therapy, August 2017 / This research aimed to explore problem-saturated narratives about self-efficacy in
leadership amongst a group of women leaders from corporate organisations in
Johannesburg, and the effectiveness of narradrama (Dunne, 2009) a drama therapy
method, in enriching these narratives. Analysis points to the pervasiveness of gendered
notions of men and women in society and how this plays out in the contexts of corporate
organisations.
The rationale for this study was that if corporate leadership is an historically socio-culturally
male-dominated and gender-stereotyped domain from which women have been excluded,
and in which traits stereotypically associated with women were undervalued, then
dominant narratives embedded in this domain could be that women are not effective
leaders, and that they do not belong. This could negatively affect perceived self-efficacy in
leadership among women, and indirectly, efforts to address gender disparity in the context
of corporate leadership.
Sociocultural development theory (Vygotsky, 1978), and empowerment theory (Rappaport,
1987, Zimmerman, 2000), both of which assert the primacy of the sociocultural context in
learning and development, theoretically informed the research. Thematic analysis was used
to identify key themes.
The research showed that problem-saturated narratives about leadership self-efficacy did
exist and that narradrama proved effective in fostering enriched narrative possibilities
amongst participants. / XL2018
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/24764 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Pather, Vasintha |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | Online resource (157 leaves), application/pdf, application/pdf |
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