Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Psychology

Advisor

Richard Thompson

Abstract

AbstractFemale participation in economic production remains a vital discourse in the public space irrespective of the type of activity or economic jurisdiction. The Nigerian economy is not left out as successive governments in the country have continued to encourage the participation of women in governance, public institutions, and private sector firms. These targeted efforts notwithstanding, there are still sectors where male dominance remains a major issue. Prior research shows that among the reasons for not promoting females to leadership positions include specific organizational stereotypes, ideologies, lack of female motivation-to-lead, and societal values, and lack of role-models. Within the Nigerian oil and gas sector, there is cultural belief that males will not be as productive or satisfied if reporting to a female leader. Leveraging the theory of external control of organizations (ECO), this study examined the relative effectiveness of the female leaders operating in the Nigerian oil and gas sector with their male colleagues in enhancing employees’ job satisfaction and productivity. The study examined employees’ perceptions of job satisfaction and productivity to compare the effectiveness of female and male leaders using the MANCOVA statistical technique. The results show that female leaders had significantly higher level of reported productivity, but not job satisfaction where leader gender was not significant. The results provided positive social change by demonstrating that the belief that female leaders will hurt productivity or satisfaction for male employees was not supported. Instead, female leaders had more productive employees.

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