Challenges Faced By Female Employees In Career Development At Kenya Institute Of Curriculum Development
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Date
2016-10Author
Gathecha, Rose W
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Women in organizations face more challenges than their male colleagues both in
execution of their duties and in career development. The challenges unique to women
include lack of training and development, gender stereotypes, being excluded from
useful information shared in places that are not accessible to women due to their
gender or due to their unique roles and responsibilities in the family. In this regard,
the study sought to establish the challenges faced by women employees in career
development at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development. The target
population was the female employees at the Institute who are one hundred and eighty
six in total. This data was been collected from the Kenya Institute of Curriculum
Development Employee bio data, 2016.The target population was the female
employees at the Institute who are one hundred and eighty six in total. Stratified
random sampling technique was used to pick the sample. Descriptive and inferential
statistics was employed in the analysis. The challenges encountered by women in
career development entailed; gender stereotypes, resistance to women’s leadership,
limited access to informal interactions and training and development. The study also
established that the women have to constantly prove themselves if they were to
progress career wise. The study concludes that women employees are assessed on
different individual disposition from that of their male colleagues. The study has
established that career progression for women differs from that of men. The study
recommended that organizations should use different parameters to measure
performance of female employees and also inform career development patterns of
female employees owing to their various roles that they undertake. In addition, their
familial responsibilities should also be considered and their performance measured
bearing in consideration their roles as care givers as well as employees, and the two
roles played should be therefore recognized and appreciated. Organizations should
also develop policies that help develop career growth of mothers with young families
so as to help them balance and develop in their careers.
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University of Nairobi
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