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GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION
卷 28, 期 1, 页码 175-194出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12537
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career barriers; gender equality; hypermasculine organizations; Nigeria; social dominance theory
The study reveals that women in Nigeria face various challenges in the workplace, including discrimination, corruption, familial responsibilities, cultural perceptions of gender, and religious beliefs, reflecting the entrenched nature of male dominance in Nigerian organizations.
Drawing on social dominance theory as a theoretical lens and based on a qualitative study of female managers and supervisors at different levels of the organization, we investigate the barriers women in Nigeria face in their careers. In their accounts of discrimination, corruption, familial/domestic responsibilities, cultural perceptions of gender, and ingrained religious beliefs, participants draw attention to the intense difficulties they face in their careers. We highlight the significance of context and argue that Nigeria is notable for an extreme attitude of male preference at work involving an intensification of career barriers that reflects the entrenched and systemic nature of male dominance in Nigerian organizations. We capture this in the concept of the hypermasculine organization, which is characterized by exaggerated male advantage, a tendency towards gender-based exploitation and abuse together with a justificatory logic based on rigidly enforced gender roles. These debilitating factors affecting women in organizations have potential implications for other countries in the global south.
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