Status of Women Academicians and their Perceptions of Gender Bias vis-a-vis Some Organizational Variables: The Case of Three Public Universities in Ethiopia

Abstract

This study examines the number of women academicians in academic and administrative positions in three public universities in Ethiopia. Besides, it investigates the relationships of women academicians‟ perceptions about gender bias and some organizational variables. To gather data on the women academicians‟ perceptions about gender bias in the universities, a self-constructed questionnaire consisting of Likert type scales was administered to 95 female academicians. The findings of the study show that women are relentlessly underrepresented in senior academic ranks and administrative positions in the universities. The findings of this study also show that women academicians do not perceive that they are discriminated in the universities because of their sex, and they think that they are fairly evaluated for their performances.