Women as managers in the health services
Curationis
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Women as managers in the health services | |
| Creator | Berman, Jocelyne Kane | |
| Description | Despite their numerical superiority women do not occupy positions o f power and authority in the health services generally. This is perceived as being due to a variety of factors which prevent women from realising their ful l potential as managers. In other parts of the world, as well as in South Africa, middle class white males have dominated health services, since medicine became a form al science, usurping the traditional role of women healers. Some research indicates that women are inclined to practice “feminine " management styles. It is suggested that the femine I masculine dichotomy is artificial and that qualities which ensure effective management should not be regarded as genderlinked. Leaders in the health services should strive for interdisciplinary, mixed-gender education and training at all levels. Identification and development of management potential in women health-care professionals, role-modelling and sponsor-mentor relationships should be encouraged to allow women to acquire the full range of management skills and to achieve positions of power and authority in the health services. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 1989-09-26 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/curationis.v12i1/2.328 | |
| Source | Curationis; Vol 12, No 1/2 (1989); 5-8 2223-6279 0379-8577 | |
| Language | eng | |
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