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Women as managers in the health services
Curationis | Vol 12, No 1/2 | a328 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v12i1/2.328
| © 1989 Jocelyne Kane Berman
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 26 September 1989 | Published: 26 September 1989
Submitted: 26 September 1989 | Published: 26 September 1989
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Jocelyne Kane Berman, Branch: Hospital a n d Health Services (CPA), South AfricaFull Text:
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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.
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