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10th ASHRM International Conference &
Exhibition
HR is Business
29-31 March 2010
“How do Qatari Females Make it to the Top?
An examination of the Organizational
Constraints to their Advancement”
Hend Al Muftah
QU, Qatar
Agenda
Introduction
QF at Labor Force
Methodology
Findings & Results
Conclusion
What’s next?
Q & A
To start with……….
“Women without her man is nothing”
Use the right punctuations?
Males wrote…
Women, without her man, is nothing
Females wrote…
Women: without her, man is nothing
1. Introduction
For many decades, women worked in a
Relatively low-paying (vertically
segregation as admin & clerical jobs)
Predominantly female jobs (horizontally
segregation as teaching & nursing jobs)
Women who chose non-traditional jobs faced
some obstacles at their workplaces as isolation,
limited access to training opportunities &
promotion
Analyses of the gender pay gap &
occupational segregation focused on:
Gender-specific … family commitments
Gender-differences … qualifications or labor
market treatment of similarly qualified
individuals
1. Introduction…cont.
Glass Ceiling
1%-5%
ILO, 2004
Arabian world
5% in Lebanon & Qatar
7% in KSA
11% in Kuwait
12% in Oman
1. Introduction…cont.
Glass
Ceiling
At the Western countries…Gender-specific &
gender-differences have failed to explain the
poor progression of women in management
Failure was due to organizational
factors as:
preference for male candidates in
recruitment/promotion/assignments
pay differences
limited training/promotion opportunities
2. QF at labor Force
QF attained soaring levels of education
QF 18% of total workforce in 2007
83% in education & 72% in health
5% of QF are at managerial positions
Contributing factors were mainly
Social & cultural aspects
“gender-specifics & gender-differences”
BUT NOT Organizational factors!!!
Why Not??
Equal opportunity … constitution
Leadership support
Changing role of women at Qatari
society
3. Methodology…Hypothesis
H1 QF have good representation at the
investigated organizations at all managerial
levels.
H2 Selection and recruitment for managerial
positions is based on equal opportunities and
criteria for both males & females.
H3 Organizational polices of working hours,
compensation, training, engagement in
critical projects and promotion do not
differentiate between females and males.
4. Findings & Results
74% of respondents are males
61% recruits currently ONLY between
1-10 QF at managerial positions…13%
not all
85% lower management, 55%
supervisory management
3. Findings & Results…SelectionCriteria: equal opportunities …
QFs’ managerial & leadership skills &
competencies (52%)
QFs’ right for the position advancement
(52%).
Barriers to recruiting QF
Interviewed Females …Stereotyping & negative
preconceptions of women’s role & abilities
(89%)
Interviewed Male ...Commitment to personal &
family responsibilities (91%)
In terms of position’s type Admin/Technical, 52%
does not differentiate between F/M
44% preferred admin positions
4% preferred technical positions !!! 58% of
engineering students are females…% is
37% preferred F candidates for managerial
positions:
more productive (59%), more committed (57%)
more creative and innovative (50%)
more educated and knowledgeable (39%)
more strict to policies and procedures (30%)
3. Findings & Results…selection
63% preferred M candidates:
mix-gender environment (100%)
more committed to working hours (80%)
more committed to work responsibilities
(40%)
more educated and knowledgeable (20%)
wiser in making work-related decisions
(20%)
3. Findings & Results…Selection
69.5% active participation of QF in
Developmental Projects in their organizations
Equal working hours & compensation policy
Differences in allowances due to government
policies:
Housing/national allowance
Training: 73% managerial & 80% technical
3. Findings & Results…policies…
3. Findings & Results… Promotion
Over the last 3 years, 57% promoted less
than 5 QF & 14% promoted more than 20
QF
64% of QF at were promoted to head
section
45% promoted to unit head
23% to department director
18% to general manager.
NO SINGLE QF PROMOTED FOR CEO
POSITION
“This position is not a real challenge to the
QF taking into account her astonishing
educational attainment and amazing talents
and competencies. However, such position
require some kind of scarifying from her
family side and more commitments in terms
of longer working hours and many business
trips”
NO SINGLE QF PROMOTED FOR CEO
POSITION
“Women work fewer hours and
experienced more career
interruptions, mostly due to family
demands and maternity leave, and
both factors worked against
women's progression in the past
and in the present”.
78% No barriers
22% have barriers as follow:
long working hours (80%)
business meeting off the workplace (80%)
abroad business trips (60%)
interacting with males (60%)
non-English proficiency (20%)
3. Findings & Results…Barriers
4. ConclusionQF are well represented in the medium & lower
levels of management, however, they are still
lagging behind the QM in reaching the senior
management levels.
Absence of any discrimination in
selecting/recruiting QF candidates for the
managerial positions.
Absence of any discrimination in terms of policies,
compensation, & training
Slow rate of QF promotion
5. What’s Next ?
Gender-specific & gender differences
NOT
organizational factors are the major
factors that hinder QF from their
career advancement …
So,,,,
Education…Vocational and lifelong
learning opportunities for QF through their
organizations.
Supportive infrastructure, gender-
sensitive, HR strategies, that will facilitate
female’s participation in the senior
management positions.
Review of labor laws & regulations as
family-friendly policies (flexible working
hours, child care facilities, etc.)
Thanks for your
attention
Q & A
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