GENDER IMBALANCE IN CAREER ADVANCEMENT OF STAFF IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
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Gender, Career Advancement, Equity, Imbalance, Staff, Ahmadu Bello UniversityAbstract
Career advancement is one of the paramount conditions for employee satisfaction and retention in any organization/institution. Indeed, every organization seeks to manage career development issues and how they affect organizational growth. This paper therefore, examined the nature of gender imbalance in career advancement of staff in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, through a survey of 317 Academic and Non-teaching Staff stratified by sex. Data were analyzed using simple percentages. The findings indicated that there are more men (57.9%) than women (42.1%) with master’s degree and more men (63.1%) than women (36.9%) with PhD in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. There were more Men (64.1%) than women (35.9%) at the higher academic ranks and men were discovered to occupy most of the post in the department and faculty which include Head of Department, Faculty Dean, Faculty Officer, departmental PG Coordinator, and Department Exam Officer among others. However, it is recommended that conscious, deliberate and definite policy of affirmative action and quota system be adopted to address the paucity of women in senior positions and all forms of gender discrimination and inequality should be challenged consistently and systematic approach of gender relations that include gender mainstreaming should be entrenched.
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