AN ANALYSIS ON WOMEN IN BUSINESS IN CANADA
This research investigated the obstacles confronting women seeking careers in business management and administration in Canada. Specifically, the objective of the investigation was to identify those factors which had led to a limited representation of women in business management and administration in Canada. Two research questions were investigated in this study. These questions were stated as follows:
1. What factors were involved in the development of the limited representation of women in business management and administration in Canada?
2. What is the relative importance of the factors identified as contributing to the limited representation of women in business management and administration in Canada?
Historically, women in the Canadian workplace have occupied subordinate and subservient positions. In the 1990s, many women workers Canada find their roles essentially unchanged from those of the past. The difficulties and inequities faced by women in business management and administration derive from a complex problem. In part, this problem involves long standing prejudicial attitudes and discrimination. In part, also, the problem is concerned with societal structures which have often made it more difficult for women than for men to adequately prepare themselves for administrative and managerial responsibilities.
Some women also may have differing priorities with respect to work and home than those typically attributed to men. In some
instances, these differing priorities may inhibit a woman's ability to succeed in administration and management. More often, however, such priority differences are simply used as a justification for discrimination against women.
Lastly, the combined effects of long standing prejudicial attitudes and discrimination, inhibiting societal structures, and differing p...