Subordination of women in senior leadership positions in Sub–Saharan Africa

Abstract: This thesis provides a constructivist grounded theory perspective of the subordination of women in senior leadership positions in selected Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries: South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Malawi. The invisibility of women in senior leadership positions motivated this research. Additionally, little attention has been devoted to the women in the SSA region, and the empirical evidence available in leadership originate from other parts of the world. There is essentially a gap in the literature on the experiences of female leaders in non-Western contexts. In August 2018, women in South Africa marched to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in Sandton in a #Total Shutdown campaign demanding that President Ramaphosa attends this meeting to force government to listen to the voices of women...D.Phil. (Personal and Professional Leadership