Browsing Economic and Management Sciences by Subject "women"
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Exploring the role of women in Botswana family-owned businesses
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)This study provides an insight into how family-owned businesses in Botswana can become more competitive by creating an environment that encourages women to start businesses, retain them in the business, and make them more ... -
Investigating the reasons for a lack of women in leadership positions in selected male dominated companies in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2018)South African companies are steadily progressing towards the implementation of gender equality in the workplace, however, the existence of stereotypes and stigmatisation in the broader society, and more often in the working ... -
An investigation of challenges faced by women in a male dominated heavy metal manufacturing industry in South Gauteng
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)In South Africa, women comprise more than half of the population, but only 44,3% are employed in the workforce and they mostly occupy lower-level positions. The main objective of this study was to investigate the challenges ... -
The perceptions of women in the workplace in the South African mining industry
(North-West University, 2018)In South Africa (SA) the government introduced the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (28 of 2002) (MPRDA) and the Broad-based Socio-economic Empowerment Charter, commonly known as the Mining Charter, for the ... -
Socio–economic challenges and the survival mechanisms for the female–headed households in the Bophelong Township
(North-West University, 2011)This dissertation studies the socio-economic challenges and the survival mechanisms of female-headed households in Bophelong Township. The study focuses on three areas namely, female-headed households, their socio-economic ...