Leadership and Women Representation Riddle in Ghana

Asekere, George; Braimah, Awaisu Imurana

doi:10.12691/education-9-4-4

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“…According to these findings, Ghanaian women leaders continue to be underrepresented in organisations and face a lack of support from policymakers and human resource personnel in their pursuit of professional careers. George and Braimah (2021) conducted another study to investigate the efficacy of women in authority and how it affects the lives of underprivileged women in society. According to the findings, women in leadership have shown a strong commitment to women's emancipation.…”

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Gender and leadership positions: understanding women's experiences and challenges in patriarchal societies in Northern Ghana

Adongo

Dapaah

Azumah

2023

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PurposeWomen are rarely seen in positions of leadership in patriarchal societies, which is unsurprising. Following gender equity policies, few women have been able to break through the gender equity barrier and assume leadership positions in schools. Few research investigations have delved into the experiences and challenges that women encounter in positions of leadership in patriarchal societies in government schools in Northern Ghana. The study seeks to comprehend the experiences and challenges that women confront in positions of leadership in patriarchal societies in Northern Ghana.Design/methodology/approachThe study aimed to gain a better understanding of the experiences and challenges that women encounter in educational leadership roles in patriarchal societies in Northern Ghana. To achieve the study's objectives, a quantitative research approach and a social survey design were used, as well as descriptive and inferential statistics.FindingsThe findings of the study revealed that in patriarchal societies in Northern Ghana, women experience conventional gender roles that conflict with roles, cultural values, gender stereotyping, family responsibilities and cultural beliefs and perceptions of women and attitudes and low expectations of women's managerial skills discourage women from taking on leadership positions in men-dominated societies.Research limitations/implicationsThere is a need to shift the gender position and question the negative cultural convictions of cultural and patriarchal societies. Equal opportunities for men and women necessitate equal access to leadership positions. It proposes that in patriarchal societies, education and community stakeholder involvement in leadership training programmes for women be considered, as policy documents alone would not be sufficient to eradicate deeply embedded cultural social practices and dispel negative notions about women in leadership positions in men-dominated societies.Originality/valueThe study established that in patriarchal societies, women experienced conventional gender roles that conflict with roles, cultural values, gender stereotyping, family responsibilities, cultural vulnerability of women and the interplay between cultural expected roles and management goals influence women from taking on leadership positions.

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Section: Literature Review and Theoretical Modelmentioning

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Gender and leadership positions: understanding women's experiences and challenges in patriarchal societies in Northern Ghana

Adongo

Dapaah

Azumah

2023

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“…The extant literature on Ghanaian politics has variously drawn a link between gender and political participation (Bauer, 2019;Asekere & Braimah, 2021), rationality and voting behaviour (Alidu & Aggrey-Darkoh, 2018), political parties, and vigilantism (Adzimah-Alade et al, 2020;Asamoah, 2020), the link between tribal politics and conflicts (Debrah et al, 2016), local government and enhanced participation (Amponsah & Boafo-Arthur, 2002;Ayee, 1990), winner-takes-all and violence (Abotsi, 2013;Gyampo, 2015) as well as the youth and politics (Debrah & Gyampo, 2013). However, little attention has been given to the link between university-level education and parochial partisanship in Ghana.…”

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Of Parochial Partisanship and Education: Towards Civic Duty or Polarization?

Asekere¹,

Amanor-Lartey²

2021

JPL

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This article explored parochial partisanship among university students amid growing concerns about political polarization in Ghana. The paper used mixed research methods to gather data with the aid of an interview guide and a questionnaire. It argued that university education inculcates in and endows young people with a sense of civic-minded duty to prioritize the collective good of society and subordinate parochial partisan preferences in an analysis of political policies. The novel finding is that university education in Ghana has enlightened many young people to decipher between the facts and the propagandistic view held by political activists because of parochial partisan interest. However, university education was found to be a necessary but not sufficient condition to wipe out parochial partisanship which is the bane behind the growing political polarization in Ghana. The paper recommends continuous seminars on the dangers associated with negative partisanship in all tertiary educational institutions. Further, the winner-takes-all politics should be reviewed.

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The Dynamics and Complexities of Voter Choices in Ghana: A Perspective of Most Populous Swing and Stronghold Constituencies

Asekere

2022

Afr. Rev.

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The study explored the determinants of voter behaviour in the electoral context, which focuses on swing and stronghold constituencies in Ghana, where two major political parties have dominated the political space, and alternated power since the return to constitutional rule in 1993. Primary data were gathered from 400 registered voters in three most populous swing and stronghold constituencies and triangulated with secondary data from elections held between 2000–2020 in Ghana. The results show that long-term factors such as ideology and party identity are critical in determining voter choices in stronghold constituencies while short-term factors such as campaign messages and appeal of the personality contesting the elections are some of the factors considered by the electorate in swing constituencies. The study noted that the two political parties in Ghana, the National Democratic Congress, and the New Patriotic Party, have explored both long and short-term factors to sustain their dominance in stronghold constituencies.

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Leadership and Women Representation Riddle in Ghana

Cited by 4 publications

References 20 publications

Gender and leadership positions: understanding women's experiences and challenges in patriarchal societies in Northern Ghana

Gender and leadership positions: understanding women's experiences and challenges in patriarchal societies in Northern Ghana

Of Parochial Partisanship and Education: Towards Civic Duty or Polarization?

The Dynamics and Complexities of Voter Choices in Ghana: A Perspective of Most Populous Swing and Stronghold Constituencies

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