Assessment of women managers access to information to enhance their performance in the male dominated corporate world

Abstract

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The main purpose of this study is to study how women managers in general access information and use information to support their managerial career in the male dominated corporate world. With the lack of time on their hands as mother and wife, little time for networking but they still have unique qualities that makes them particularly well suited as managers. This study targeted managers to establish information seeking behavior. Women are still able to keep a balance between career and family responsibilities

Structured questionnaires were administered to 100 respondents from 5 different companies in Namibia. These are the Namibian Breweries, Standard Bank, Shoprite-Checkers Group, UN System in Namibia and Telecom