European Journal of Zoological Research
Abstract
Author(s): Ilia Sadat Vojdani Tabatabaee, Hossein Sepasi and Parivash Nourbakhsh
The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitude of women faculty members toward the barriers in
advancement to management positions in respect to their works and management skills. A total of 100 women
faculty members of physical education and women faculty members in social science discipline who were teaching
in higher education institutions served as the population of this study. In order to measure the intended variables,
Kattara�¢����s questionnaire to measure the barriers to advancement of women achieving to management positions,
Mihail�¢����s questionnaire to measure women�¢����s attitudes toward work, and Kaufman�¢����s questionnaire were used to
measure managerial skills. The results of regression analysis showed that women due to organizational culture of
patriarchy and gender discrimination would not be able to easily advance to managerial positions. No significant
differences were found between women physical education faculty members and the women faculty members in
social science discipline. The participants indicated that this is the gender identity which determines people
positions in management and not their merits.
