Volume 19, No. 2, 2022
A Qualitative Study Of Challenges Faced By Pakistani Women Leaders
Madiha Masood , Dr. Iffat Batool , Dr. Safeer Haider
Abstract
Background and Objectives: It is a qualitative study that examines the challenges and obstacles faced by Pakistani women leaders. The second purpose of this study is to understand the best practices that they opt while facing these barriers. Research Design and Methods: Semi-structured interview techniques were used to collect the date from a sample of seven women leaders who were working as a leader for more than 10 years during February 2019 to August 2019. Interview schedule was designed to explore the challenges and obstacle that they faced while working as a women leader. Results: Thematic analysis generate three themes including gender-specific biasness, personality biasness, work-family conflict, and manipulation during their job as a women leader. Furthermore, the emotion focused as well as problem focused strategies were observed as the practices used by the women leaders to endure these barriers. Discussion and Implications: Themes suggested that the challenges faced by Pakistani women leaders are unique and culturally specific that endorse a need to develop an indigenous scale to assess the women leadership styles.
Pages: 3644-3654
Keywords: Women leaders, Challenges, Obstacles, Strategies