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As of late, participation of women in the Malaysian workplaces is given high priority. Compared to other South East Asian countries, Malaysia still has low numbers of female participation at the workplace despite various initiatives by the government. In addition, retention of women is another issue which can be related to the issue of women’s advancement in the workplace. Though research has shown that gender bias practices are reducing, challenges in different shapes and forms still remain. This study was carried out among two groups of women; one group that is still actively employed and another group which has left the workplace, after some years of being actively employed. Both groups of women held middle management positions. The findings show that many barriers at the workplace still exist. Explicit barriers such as the glass ceiling and lack of mentoring are still hindering women from progressing in the workplaces. In addition, gender stereotyping and discrimination still exists. The respondents were confident that women have what is needed to be successful at the workplace; however, they were victimized by both implicit and explicit barriers
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To Cite this Article: Samuel, R., Omar, R., & Hassian, U. (2020). Barriers to Women’s Advancement in the Malaysian Private Enterprises. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(13), 11–19.
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