Changing Landscape of the Malaysian Higher Education: An Overview of Women’s Glass Ceiling

Jamil, Hazri; Shabudin, Ahmad Firdaus Ahmad; Raman, Santhiram R.; Ling, Ooi Poh

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-02795-7_10

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“…There was, however, an appreciation that a lot needs to be done to increase the level of support to include financial support. Women often experience invisibility, exclusion, and isolation because of lack of support within higher education, which translates into fewer women hold key positions (Jamil et al, 2019). Findings of this study are therefore in line with that of Meyer (2016) who recommended support as a way of improving chances of women in leadership.…”

Section: Interventions To Overcome Challenges Faced By Female Leaders In South African Universitiessupporting

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Experiences of female deans in South African universities: A phenomological study

Mankayi

Cheteni

2021

Cogent Education

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A democratic South Africa guarantees equality to all regardless of gender, religion, beliefs, and race. However, leadership status of women in general is still suffering as there is unequal representation in leadership positions between men and women in institutions of higher learning. This phenomenological study sought to understand the female faculty dean's lived experiences and challenges they face in institutions of higher learning. An interview guide was used to collect data from the six female faculty deans in three universities in the Eastern Cape province in South Africa. Thereafter, a thematic analysis was applied. Analysis of interview data revealed that selection process, gender stereotypes, lack of support, networking and mentors are the challenges that women face in becoming leaders in South African university. Personal development, provision of support, networking platforms, mentoring programmes and research were recommended by the participants to be effective strategies for overcoming the challenges they face.

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Section: Interventions To Overcome Challenges Faced By Female Leaders In South African Universitiessupporting

confidence: 87%

Experiences of female deans in South African universities: A phenomological study

Mankayi

Cheteni

2021

Cogent Education

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“…Majority of the study population are females. This is aligned with the nature of the Malaysian's student in higher education institutions where the gender ratio is unbalanced (17). The findings showed that the USM medical graduates are actively involved in the medical fields.…”

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confidence: 55%

Profiling of Medical Graduates of Universiti Sains Malaysia: What the Data Said

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Rahim²,

Pa³

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EIMJ

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Generally, this tracer study determines the profiling of medical graduates of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in duration of 10 years (1999)(2000). Specifically, it emphasises on the graduates' employment information, areas of specialisation, engagement and contribution at local, national and international levels as well as personal career development. The respondents were identified from the USM academic affairs database. The present study utilises a cross-sectional research design which involves 177 respondents. An online survey was employed to gather the data which then analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. The findings show that the majority of the respondents have been involved in the medicine profession as a full-time medical practitioners since their graduation from USM. They have also advanced their study in clinical and non-clinical areas in other medical schools world-wide having either a Master of Medicine or Master of Science qualification. Besides that, respondents have also contributed professionally at the local, national and international levels. Fellowships, sub-specialty, advanced diploma and professional courses are among the preferred options in enhancing their personal career development. USM medical graduates actively involved in the medical fields. It is shown that they have a robust intention in the same field where they are endlessly serving ever since they have graduated.

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“…The gap was mainly in financial and economic participation, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment (Department of Statistics Malaysia, 2020). Although the participation rate of women in the labor force remains at the lowest place, i.e., 55.4 percent, employment-population ratio of 52.8%, share of industry 20.5% and share of managers, professionals, and technicians was 30.4% (Department of Statistics Malaysia, 2020;ILOSTAT, 2021b;Jamil et al, 2019).…”

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Does Gender Differences Matter! Investigating the Prejudiced Practices and Gender-Role Conflict Among Female Professionals Working in Male-Dominated Professions

Mumtaz¹

2022

IJBS

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This study investigates the perceptions of gender role conflict, prejudice practices, office stress, and their impact on female professionals working in male-dominated professions. The paper's concepts and contexts are grounded on the role of congruity theory and transactional theories of stress. A survey was conducted in different institutions of Pakistan and Malaysia. A conceptual model was then developed on five crucial hypotheses on broad-ranging literature analyses using statistical analyses and structural equation modeling with Smart-Partial Least Square (PLS). The findings reveal that females find it difficult to seek the top executive positions as assertive and decisive behaviors in them are seen as obligatory traits. Moreover, the personal experiences of females working in different male-dominant professions in both countries related to discriminatory practices, office stress, role, work-family conflicts are somewhat similar. However, the ways, approaches, and intensity of those experiences are different. Therefore, it is recommended that radical changes be required in terms of stereotypical behavior, psychological and social belief systems for genders to mitigate and replace the old thumb rule concepts.

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Changing Landscape of the Malaysian Higher Education: An Overview of Women’s Glass Ceiling

Cited by 6 publications

References 13 publications

Experiences of female deans in South African universities: A phenomological study

Experiences of female deans in South African universities: A phenomological study

Profiling of Medical Graduates of Universiti Sains Malaysia: What the Data Said

Does Gender Differences Matter! Investigating the Prejudiced Practices and Gender-Role Conflict Among Female Professionals Working in Male-Dominated Professions

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