TITLE:
Qualifying and Supporting Women in Industrial Tea and Energy Production Enterprises
AUTHORS:
Jean Claude Jonya, Oscar Toyi, Alain Aimé Ndendi, Ildephonse Sindayigaya
KEYWORDS:
Job Qualification, Women’s Support and Assistance, Woman, Career, Glass Ceiling, Company, Burundi
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.12 No.2,
February
28,
2024
ABSTRACT: Women
are often victims of a glass ceiling, and face numerous obstacles in reaching
the highest positions in most companies. In two tea and energy production companies
with a diversity policy, our study shows that, in addition to obstacles linked
to the organization’s policy, barriers persist at individual level, but also at
the level of organizational culture. Based on research carried out on human
capital, we highlight three dimensions of career development: personal factors,
family organization and organizational context. The study is based on survey
questionnaires and in-depth interviews focusing on the career analysis and
reactions of seven 6 female managers and 5 female co-workers from these
companies, specifying the factors that enabled them to progress, but also the
obstacles they encountered.