Critical impediments for women in leadership positions, both in the
corporate and educational sector, continue to block progress. Identifies
barriers to success from a socio‐cultural and psychological perspective,
such as sex‐role stereotyping, few female role models, and societal
attitudes towards women as leaders. Barriers impeding success are
procrastination, lack of acceptance, and “it′s a man′s
world” attitude. University personnel planning leadership training
programmes must consider the needs stated by respondents to this survey
and offer seminars based on their specific requests. Requested
programmes included: effective communication skills, stress management,
time management, problem solving, team building, public speaking,
supervisory skills, organisational politics, human relations skills, and
self‐esteem building.
South Africa underwent a massive political change in 1994 when Nelson Mandela became the first democratically elected president. Since then, many changes in the law have been enacted, not all acceptable to Christians and Catholics in particular. This article describes the most important changes that were made and the efforts of Catholics to influence their content. Possible methodologies for future action are also discussed.
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