Author(s)

Akua Ahyia Adu-Oppong¹, Stephen Bugu Kendie²

¹College of Technology Education, University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi.
²Institute for Development Studies, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.

This paper is underlined by attempts to understand the extent to which women in Ghanaian universities experience segregation at the workplace. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of workplace gender segregation processes on the career advancement of women in Ghanaian universities. Data for the study was collected using questionnaires and analysed using both descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. The results of the study showed that women in Ghana experience and encounter segregation as a barrier to advancement in the workplace.

Advancement, Gender, Segregation, Workplace

Adu-Oppong, A. and Kendie, S. (2018) Impact of Gender Segregation on Workplace Advancement of Women in Ghanaian Universities. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 6, 301-317. doi: 10.4236/jss.2018.611023.