Women narrating their experiences of being employed within a managerial position: A qualitative study

Imogen Mashazi, George Nkabinde-Thamae, Angie Ndhambi, Virginia H Williams and Irene Kearns
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Imogen Mashazi: City of ekurhuleni
George Nkabinde-Thamae: City of Ekurhuleni
Angie Ndhambi: City of ekurhuleni
Virginia H Williams: City of ekurhuleni
Irene Kearns: University of the Witwatersrand

International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), 2025, vol. 14, issue 7, 195-202

Abstract: Management appointments do not represent gender equality, even though men and women are given equal opportunity. Social conventions and laws have supported male-dominated workplaces. This qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, and contextual study used a phenomenological technique to examine women's management experiences in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa. The intended audience was managerial women. Purposive sampling, unstructured individual interviews, and inductive topic analysis were used. Trustworthiness was determined by credibility, transferability, reliability, and confirmability. Promoting autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice was ethical. This study found workplace gender bias, male resistance to female leadership, gender intimidation, and a non-supportive work atmosphere. These data may help create workplace recommendations for women in managerial roles. Key Words: Experiences; Women; Employed; Stereotype; Bias; Management

Date: 2025
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