The purpose of this study is to investigate the nature and degree of occupational
gender segregation across the functional fields in South Africa and to determine if
existing “supply-side” explanations serve to explain the phenomenon through an
attitudinal survey of the females in the sample. The UNISA first year MBL
students were requested to complete the survey during their August Centre Visit
at the SBL Sasol auditorium in Midrand.
The survey consists of two sections. Section A determined the gender of the
sample element and subsequently their functional field of occupation, which
enabled the calculation of the Karmel and MacLachlan Index per functional field.
The Finance, General Management, Information Technology, Operations and
Production and Procurement, Buying and Logistics fields showed high levels of
integration, while the Marketing, Sales and Customer Service field showed low
levels of segregation in favour of women. Human Resources was strongly female
dominant, while Research and Development was strongly male dominant. The
“Other” field showed the highest level of segregation in favour of women.
Section B contains the attitudinal Likert scale questions to measure the extent to
which the various supply-side explanations determine the women’s career
decisions. There seem to be certain explanation types, such as Exchange Utility
and Reward, which serve as strong selection criteria and other factors that play a
lesser role, such as Teaching Styles and Self-Image. Based on the averages the
Occupational Sex-Typing, Self-Efficacy and Parental Influence explanations
showed no agreement from any of the sample elements. / Graduate School of Business Leadership / MBL
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/218 |
| Date | 22 May 2009 |
| Creators | Nilsen, Nadia |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Research Report |
| Format | 1 online resource (106 leaves) |
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