{"title":"Glass Ceilling: The Professional Advancement of Women in Banking Sector of Pakistan","authors":"F. Khalid, A. Ijaz","doi":"10.36478/pjssci.2019.60.70","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36478/pjssci.2019.60.70","url":null,"abstract":"The present study gives an overview of glass-ceiling type barriers in banking sector shows that glass ceiling prevails in the banking sector of Pakistan. This study begins with an introduction of the concept of a glass ceiling that prevents women from advancing and then continues with previous studies on corporate practices and data analysis of samples from private and public banks. The 100 respondents were selected randomly 50 from private banks and 50 from public banks of Lahore. The research analysis describe that women are facing almost equal glass ceiling in both public and private banking sectors. Most of the respondent agrees that they suffer from attitudinal and organizational biases. Gender also plays apart at the time of selection. Traditional gender roles strengthen these glass ceiling practices and women often dominated by men in one way or the other.","PeriodicalId":38543,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91144054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Low Cost Teaching Material on Studentscreativity in Chemistry at Secondary Level","authors":"Umar Khitab","doi":"10.36478/pjssci.2019.55.59","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36478/pjssci.2019.55.59","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38543,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73410387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nasser A.O.M. Alareefi, A. Abuelhassan, G. Khalifa, M. Nusari, Ali Ameen
{"title":"Employee’s Innovative Behaviour: Evidence from Hospitality Industry","authors":"Nasser A.O.M. Alareefi, A. Abuelhassan, G. Khalifa, M. Nusari, Ali Ameen","doi":"10.36478/pjssci.2019.14.29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36478/pjssci.2019.14.29","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38543,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84322031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. A. Nulhaqim, S. Sulastri, M. Fedryansyah, Maulana Irfan
{"title":"Social Interaction among Community on Small Type Housing Study Case in Bumi Kencana Rancaekek Kabupaten Bandung","authors":"S. A. Nulhaqim, S. Sulastri, M. Fedryansyah, Maulana Irfan","doi":"10.36478/pjssci.2019.1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36478/pjssci.2019.1.5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38543,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89288658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role of Banks as Independent Adviser in Takeovers and Mergers in Pakistan","authors":"F. Rizwan","doi":"10.36478/pjssci.2019.39.54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36478/pjssci.2019.39.54","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38543,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90760259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ibuka Institution and Group Therapy Curative Factors in Healing Psychological Problems of Women Sexually Violated During 1994 Genocide Against Tutsi in Rwanda","authors":"J. M. Ntete, C. Wasanga, Merecia A. M. Sirera","doi":"10.36478/pjssci.2019.6.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36478/pjssci.2019.6.13","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38543,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87861020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relationship Between Housing and Household Characteristics: Evidence from Pakistan","authors":"G. Sajid, Rizwana Kouser","doi":"10.36478/pjssci.2019.30.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36478/pjssci.2019.30.38","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38543,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81195498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ajibade David, M. Mabe, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic
{"title":"Factors Militating Against Women Active Participation in Politics in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State Nigeria","authors":"Ajibade David, M. Mabe, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic","doi":"10.3923/PJSSCI.2012.225.231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/PJSSCI.2012.225.231","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated factors militating against women active participation in politics in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria. The study population consists of women of franchise age (18 years and above). A total of 550 women were selected from eleven wards using multi-stage cluster sampling approach. Data for the study were collected through triangulation of quantitative and qualitative methods. Specifically questionnaire and oral interview were employed. Five hundred and fifty copies of questionnaire were administered, out of which only four hundred and fifty were suitable for analysis. The remaining were either lost/misplaced or improperly filled by the respondents. Oral interviews were conducted in the local dialects of the respondents and this was done to enhance the accuracy of the result. Data collected through questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive technique such as frequency counts and percentage, while the data obtained through interview were summarized and content analyzed. The study revealed factors such as inadequate financial resources, insufficient education and enlightenment as well as lack of clear policy by political parties for women political ambition as factors militating against women active participation in the study area. Based on the findings, the study concluded with a set of recommendations application of which will help to enhance women active political participation in the study area.","PeriodicalId":38543,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91071004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Good Governance and Whistleblowing: A Case Study of a Higher Education Institution","authors":"N. Dorasamy, S. Pillay","doi":"10.3923/PJSSCI.2012.217.224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/PJSSCI.2012.217.224","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38543,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87121230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Socio-Demographic Characteristics, Health Beliefs and Diabetes Management among the Igala, Nigeria","authors":"Samuel Ojima Adejoh","doi":"10.3923/PJSSCI.2012.204.210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/PJSSCI.2012.204.210","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38543,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83728471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}