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OBSTACLES FACING ACADEMIC FEMALE LEADERS AT JORDANIAN UNIVERSITIES FROM FACULTY MEMBERS PERCEPTION AND WAYS TO OVERCOME

ABEDELHAKEEM HEJAZI, WAEL HAYAJNEH, SAWSAN TAHA, EMAN ZAITOUN, MOATH KHALAF ALOMERY, Dr. RAED MOHAMMAD AL MUSILI

Vol 17, No 12 ( 2022 )   |  DOI: 0.17605/OSF.IO/TWFRS   |   Author Affiliation: Professor, College of Education, and Social Sciences, AL Ain University, United Arab Emirates. Email: Abedelhakeem.hejazi@aau.ac.ae; Assistant Professor, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Email: Drwaelh2012@yahoo.com; Assistant Professor, Collage of Communication and Media, AL Ain University, United Arab Emirates. Email: sawsan.taha@aau.ac.ae; College of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Al Ain University, Al Ain , UAE. Email: eman.zaitoun@aau.ac.ae; Practicum Instructor, Al Ain University. Email: moath.alomery@aau.ac.ae; English Language Lecturer. Email: dr.raedmohammad2000@gmail.com   |   Licensing: CC 4.0   |   Pg no: 2282-2295   |   Published on: 23-12-2022

Abstract

The study sought to identify, from the perspective of faculty members, the obstacles that female academic leaders face in Jordanian universities, as well as ways to overcome them. The study's findings revealed that the obstacles confronting female academic leaders in Jordanian universities were, to a large extent, and with a mean of (3.80), and that there were no statistically significant differences at the significance level (= 0.05) for the study sample members' estimates of the obstacles confronting them. Female's academic leaders attributed their success to study variables. The study made several recommendations, including raising societal awareness about the role of Jordanian female in development, particularly given Jordan's growing female population, and providing a work environment that is compatible with female's family roles and responsibilities to their children and husbands


Keywords

Female Academic Leaders, Gender Equality, Obstacles, Jordan