Economic and organizational factors affecting the occupying of women employees to leadership positions in the Palestinian Ministry of Education

Abstract

 This study aimed to identify Economic and organizational factors affecting the occupying of women employees to leadership positions in the Palestinian Ministry of Education, and to identify the effect of the variables of job classification, qualification, and experiences. The study population consisted of (278) women employees at the Palestinian Ministry of Education and the sample was (79) employees, and they were selected in a simple random method. A questionnaire was designed consisting of (26) paragraphs distributed on both the scale of economic and organizational factors and use the descriptive approach. The results showed that the degree of economic and organizational factors affecting the occupying of women employees to leadership positions in the Palestinian Ministry of Education was of a moderate degree, and there were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α ≤ 0.05) in the role of economic and organizational factors affecting the occupying of women employees to leadership positions due to variables in job classification, qualification, and experiences. The study recommended the necessity of improving the professional and scientific competence of women to reach leadership positions