... re-use rights only Culture Discriminatory practices Glass ceiling Nigeria Perceptions Senior male employees The term “glass ceiling” refers to discriminatory barriers that limit female employees from advancing to higher positions of authority in the workplace simply because...

... environments in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected quantitative data through two-wave surveys from 428 respondents in virtual work environments across public and private organizations in Nigeria. The proposed hypotheses were tested using partial least squares structural equation...

...Toyin Ajibade Adisa; Olatunji David Adekoya; Olajumoke Okoya Purpose The trend of domestic employment thrives almost in every society. It is most common in developing countries and Nigeria is no exception. This paper aims to examine the nature of the role of a domestic worker in Nigeria...

...Toyin Ajibade Adisa; Issa Abdulraheem; Sulu Babaita Isiaka Purpose Research on the impact of patriarchy and patriarchal norms on women’s work-life balance is scarce. A typical patriarchal society, such as Nigeria, tends to be organised based on gender, and the construct is embedded in the culture...

... University (Nigeria). Findings This paper acknowledges the “silent voices” of African women, drawing upon a publication that was encountered purely by chance – Modupe Faseke's The Nigerian Woman published by Agape Publications (Ibadan, Nigeria) in 2001. Research limitations/implications...

... on in‐depth interviews with women micro‐entrepreneurs drawn from a convenience sample of 20 petty traders in the market town of Awka – the capital of a state in Eastern Nigeria. Findings The paper identifies three main constraints – internal, socio‐cultural and policy induced – as the key moderating...

...Chima Mordi; Ruth Simpson; Satwinder Singh; Chinonye Okafor Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the challenges female entrepreneurs face in the development of their business in the context of Nigeria. In so doing, it addresses a gap in the literature on the experiences of female...

...Catherine Chovwen; Emilia Ivensor Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the predictors of perceived job insecurity and motivation among 286 female participants in merged and acquired banks in two capital cities of South West Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The participants...

... was adopted to collect quantitative data through the means of questionnaires from 340 female students randomly selected from tertiary institutions in Southwest Nigeria. Findings Hierarchical multiple‐regression statistical analysis employed revealed that family, individual differences and cultural factors...

... Nigeria. Findings Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that control variables jointly account for a significant variance in career development functions (R²=0.050, p<0.05) but did not predict psychosocial functions (R²=0.037, P ns). When mentor...

...Aderemi Y. Adeyemi; Stephen O. Ojo; Omotayo O. Aina; Emmanuel A. Olanipekun Purpose Female resource represents about half of Nigeria's human resources. For optimal utilization of human resources, gender equality and equity, it was considered that women should be adequately represented...

...John O. Okpara Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceived gender differences in pay and promotion of bank managers in Nigeria, and how these differences affect job overall satisfaction of male and female bank managers in selected banks in Nigeria. Design/methodology...