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Social Factors and Changing Attitudes towards Women's Political Leadership in the World Values Surveys

Asian Journal of Business Environment / Asian Journal of Business Environment, (P)2765-6934; (E)2765-7027
2014, v.4 no.4, pp.13-18
Mohamad Reza Iravani (Islamic Azad University)
Nasrin Ghalanni (Payame-nour University)

Abstract

Purpose ‒ This study aims to analyze changes in attitudes towards women's political leadership and the social factors related to such changes. The study reviews the field of women's political leadership, specifically the political and economic participation of women in the world, and the impact of variables such as the changes in attitude on such participation. Research design, data, and methodology ‒ The population for this study comprises 99 countries that are members of the United Nations and have participated in the third and fifth waves of the World Values S urveys. The sample consists of 31 such countries selected for sampling. Results ‒ This study is a secondary analysis to examine the hypotheses regression and the LISREL model are used. The findings of the study indicate that the correlation between two variables, namely women's political participation and leadership of women, is statistically significant. Conclusions ‒ The changing rate of women's economic participation is also significant. The significance of these coefficients indicates that the results, with a 95% confidence level, can be extended to all member states.

keywords
Changing Attitudes, Women's Leadership, Women's Political Participation, Economic Participation of Women

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