Overcoming Barriers to Career Advancement of Female Academic Staff in Nigerian Universities
Keywords:
Barriers, career advancement, Female academics, Nigerian universitiesAbstract
It has been argued that men dominate formal sector. However, there is growing increase of female gender as workforce around the world. The study employed qualitative approach through interview of some academic staff that have advanced in their career. Thus, this study explores and found that individual, organizational and societal factors such as; hardworking, access to educational opportunities, work-life balance, availability of fellowship, holistic policy, maternity leave, political will, family support and socio-political awareness serve as overcoming factors to career advancement of female academic staff in the Nigerian universities. The study recommends that the immediate family of academic staff should support and employers must provide policy that friendly and gender considerate to female nature in Nigerian universities.