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For the past three decades, the ratio of women that participate in managerial and executive positions in Nigeria had been dismally low. Worst still is the proportion of women occupying chief executive positions. Despite the recent increase in the number of women in education and active employment participation in both the public and private sectors and former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s 35% Affirmative Action on women representation in governance, the truth is that women still constitute a disproportionately small percentage (about 25.4%) of those at the highest management and decision-making levels.
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Olodo, M.A., Emunemu, B.O. (2017). Push and Pull Factors in Women Attainment of Chief Executive Positions in South-West, Nigeria. In: Maringe, F., Ojo, E. (eds) Sustainable Transformation in African Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-902-7_11
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