Women Leadership and It’s Barriers : a Systematic Literature Review
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Women leadership, barriers, gender inequality, lack of opportunities, family responsibilitiesAbstract
Women leadership has become a prominent topic in recent decades. Many women have attained leadership positions in various fields, including business, politics, and government. However, women continue to face numerous obstacles in achieving leadership roles. This article examines the barriers to women leadership across various sectors based on literature from the past five years. The objective is to identify trends in barriers across sectors and countries, as well as changes in barrier trends over time. Researchers identified, analyzed, evaluated, and interpreted findings from twenty-six research articles published between 2020 and 2024 using the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method. The results indicate that the overarching barriers to women leadership across countries and sectors are gender inequality, lack of opportunities from organizations, and family responsibilities. Thus far, no significant changes in barrier trends have been found in each sector over the past five years.
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