Women in Purgatory: The Case of Nigerian Women in the Boardrooms.

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dc.contributor.authorFakeye, Y.
dc.contributor.authorGeorge, O.J.
dc.contributor.authorOwoyemi, O.
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-16T10:35:42Z
dc.date.available2017-10-16T10:35:42Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionStaff publicationen_US
dc.description.abstractWomen all over the world (Nigeria inclusive) are often relegated to certain professions, which the society has tagged as ‘women’s jobs’. These jobs include nursing, teaching, secretary, and administration while jobs like company chairman, directors of organisations, senior managers, engineers, medical doctors, and piloting of airplanes are reserved for or are dominated by men. Since the declaration of the International Women’s Year by the United Nations in 1975 the gender discourse has gained increase recognition and attention in Nigeria. The general consensus is that women have always been treated as the weaker sex; they are therefore marginalized, alienated and unable to leave the ‘purgatory’ which ceiled them off from the top. Traditionally in Africa (Nigeria inclusive), women have no role in the society aside from raising children and household chores, they are relegated to the background as they are ignorant of their legal rights or unable to claim those rights even when they are aware of them. Until recently the Nigerian corporate board has been solely a ‘male club’. This study relying on the case study methodology and employing the qualitative research methods examines the extent to which Nigerian women have been able to break free from the ‘purgatory’ syndrome.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFakeye, Y., George, O.J., & Owoyemi, O. (2012), Women in Purgatory: The Case of Nigerian Women in the Boardrooms. Asian Journal of Business and Management Sciences, Vol.1 (10)en_US
dc.identifier.issn2047-2528
dc.identifier.issnhttps://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Women+in+Purgatory%3A+The+Case+of+Nigerian+Women+in+the+Boardrooms.&btnG=
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.unilag.edu.ng:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2297
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectPurgatoryen_US
dc.subjectCorporate boarden_US
dc.subjectFemale directorsen_US
dc.subjectWomen on the boarden_US
dc.titleWomen in Purgatory: The Case of Nigerian Women in the Boardrooms.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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