The lived experiences of African and coloured women in top management and their contribution to organisational strategic decision-making in South African organisations

dc.contributor.advisorScheepers, Caren
dc.contributor.emailichelp@gibs.co.zaen_US
dc.contributor.postgraduateNyamande, Muelelwa
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-15T08:05:22Z
dc.date.available2025-04-15T08:05:22Z
dc.date.created2025-05-05
dc.date.issued2024-11
dc.descriptionMini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2024.en_US
dc.description.abstractDespite the progress women of colour in South Africa have made in being represented in top management, African and Coloured women remain underrepresented in most senior parts of their organisations. With that in mind, what is still unclear is what happens with women of colour when they have reached top management, and how they are involved in critical decisions within their organisations. Understanding their lived experiences through the lens of intersectionality and role congruency theory gives insights into what these experiences look like and whether the idea of tokenism persists in corporate South Africa at that level. The main elements of focus concerning their roles are the intersection of race and gender, together with their leadership level, and examining what role they play in strategic decision-making in their organisations. this study examines how African and Coloured women are engaged in the process of strategic decision-making in their organisations. Through interviews, data was gathered that answered the question, confirming that they are involved in this process of strategic decision-making. Even with this outcome, they still face barriers in their roles as senior leaders, with their organisations committed to the cause of accelerating women in leadership role.en_US
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden_US
dc.description.degreeMBAen_US
dc.description.departmentGordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)en_US
dc.description.facultyGordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)en_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-05:Gender equalityen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-08:Decent work and economic growthen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructureen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-10:Reduces inequalitiesen_US
dc.identifier.citation*en_US
dc.identifier.otherA2025en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/102079
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.subjectWomen of Colouren_US
dc.subjectDecision-Makingen_US
dc.subjectIntersectionalityen_US
dc.subjectRole Congruency Theoryen_US
dc.subjectTop Managementen_US
dc.titleThe lived experiences of African and coloured women in top management and their contribution to organisational strategic decision-making in South African organisationsen_US
dc.typeMini Dissertationen_US

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