Insights into the Under - Representation of Women in Sports - Leadership in Kenya
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Date
2013
Authors
Mwisukha, A.
Rintaugu, E.G.
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scientific & academic publishing
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that lead to women underrepresentation in sport leadership in Kenya. The factors which were investigated included cultural, political, social and economic factors and how they interact with gender, age and positional status of the respondents to mediate women underrepresentation in sports leadership. Data was collected through questionnaires from broad spectrum of stakeholders in sport (national team players, coaches, sport science students, gamestutors and officials of sport federations, government, Kenya National sports council (KNSC), and National Oly mpic co mmittee of Kenya (NOC-K). The resulting data was analyzed through t-test and one way ANOVA at 0. 05 level of significance. Findings revealed that 60% and 40% of respondents were males and females respectively. The categorical variables of gender, age and positional status had variantrelationships with the factors that cause women underrepresentation in sport.The mitigating factors waned fro m economic, social, polit ical and cultural factor. Recommendations from the study have practical and policy implications to the Ministry of sport, sport federations, and educational institutions. Further research on the psychological factors that impinge on women in sports leadership will be a worth while venture
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DOI: 10.5923/j.ijas.20130305.02
Keywords
Women, Underrepresentation, Sport - leadership, Kenya
Citation
International Journal of Applied Sociology 2013, 3 ( 5 ): 102 - 108