1.0 Introduction:
Despite women’s remarkable gains both in education and in the workplace, women are disproportionately underrepresented in senior management positions (Mavin and Grandy, 2016a). Gender equality is much about equity as it is about fairness. Various political and social matters are at play (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2012). Women should be given an equal chance to contribute at work. This benefits women in terms of their well-being and enhances of society as a whole. The underrepresentation of women in senior leadership is problematic. By discouraging women from continuing work once they have a family, employers may end up having a poorer talent pool and this may affect competitiveness. Where
Despite women’s remarkable gains both in education and in the workplace, women are disproportionately underrepresented in senior management positions (Mavin and Grandy, 2016a). Gender equality is much about equity as it is about fairness. Various political and social matters are at play (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2012). Women should be given an equal chance to contribute at work. This benefits women in terms of their well-being and enhances of society as a whole. The underrepresentation of women in senior leadership is problematic. By discouraging women from continuing work once they have a family, employers may end up having a poorer talent pool and this may affect competitiveness. Where