Archive | 2019
WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT POSITIONS AND ROLE CONFLICT IN WEST AFRICA MILK COMPANY (WAMCO) OGBA, LAGOS, NIGERIA
Abstract
This work investigated the effects of women in management position on role conflict in WAMCO. Women’s participation in the labour force has contributed immensely to the development of the society but they tend to leave their responsibilities as home managers to other people due to the tedious requirement as top managers in various organizations, which could be likened to what women in West Africa Milk Company Plc are currently facing. The objective of this research examined whether the hours spent at work by women in managerial positions affects their marital obligations of child care. The researcher formulated one hypothesis which states that: there is a significant relationship between the hours spent at work by women in managerial positions and marital obligations of child care.328 set of questionnaire were distributed while the researcher retrieved only 326 questionnaire. The questionnaire served as a source of primary data, while library research was source of secondary data. We adopted the survey research design for this study. The purposive sampling technique was adopted. Our hypothesis was tested using the chi-square statistical tool. We found out that women involvement in management positions has contributed greatly in ensuring that they effectively care for their children. This is not in line with Taiwo (2015) that most women who find themselves as managers in organizations tend to have little or no attention for their children. But the it is in line with item 1 in table II as 55.5 percent of the respondents strongly agreed that women’s involvement in management positions has enabled them (women) effectively care for their children. Based on the research findings, we recommend that: More women should be granted the opportunity to be involved in managerial positions in their various organizations so that they would be able to care for their children and other family members. Keywords— Management, Positions, Childcare, Women