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dc.contributor.advisorBranney, Peter
dc.contributor.advisorRifet, Saima
dc.contributor.authorOdoh, Anne N.
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-25T13:34:07Z
dc.date.available2022-10-25T13:34:07Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/19187
dc.description.abstractPurpose: The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of female senior managers in technology organizations and understand how they feel about themselves, their roles and their technology organizations. The study highlights the issues faced by women working in a gendered role, a masculine industry and a non-western, strong patriarchal society. Methodology/Design: A qualitative research methodology was adopted for this study. Eleven semi-structured interviews were used to collect empirical data from women senior managers in Nigerian technology organizations, which was thematically analyzed. Findings: The findings from this study indicate that women in technology are no longer reluctant to progress in this gendered career. Women technology leaders are ambitious and driven to scale the semantic barriers to top management roles. They experience workplace discrimination, insecurities and work-family conflicts, but do not punish themselves for sometimes dropping the ball. Rather, they show up to take on daunting assignments that prove their competence and choose to lead assertively in order to align their core values with the expectations of their role. Research Implications: This thesis makes a contribution to the wider literature on women leaders in technology by providing new insights on the role of patriarchal institutions in technology leadership, from a developing country in Africa. Practical Implications: Practical contributions are to support aspiring women in technology to fine-tune their leadership strategies in order to succeed in this gendered career and become beneficiaries of the vast opportunities in this dynamic industry. For technology organizations, to understand the issues faced by women leaders so that they can support women’s career aspirations by implementing and managing policies that support skilled and high-potential women employees to fulfill their career aspirations, and become change agents at the top management level. These efforts will disrupt stereotypes, change the narrative of inequalities in this industry and improve firm performance. Originality: This study is the first of its kind to focus on the role of patriarchal structures on women leaders’ careers in the technology industry within the context of an African society, which is rare in the literature on women leaders in technology.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>.eng
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectLeadershipen_US
dc.subjectDiversityen_US
dc.subjectGlass ceiling barriersen_US
dc.subjectGendered careersen_US
dc.subjectWomen in technologyen_US
dc.subjectGender sterotypesen_US
dc.subjectWomen technology leadersen_US
dc.subjectPatriarchyen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.subjectTechnology careersen_US
dc.subjectFemale senior managersen_US
dc.titleUnderstanding The Lived Experiences of Being a Woman Leader in a Technology Organizationen_US
dc.type.qualificationleveldoctoralen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Bradfordeng
dc.publisher.departmentFaculty of Management, Law and Social Sciencesen_US
dc.typeThesiseng
dc.type.qualificationnameDBAen_US
dc.date.awarded2020
refterms.dateFOA2022-10-25T13:34:07Z


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