Gender inequalities persist across all economic sectors, and women do not have the same
economic opportunities as men. According to the World Bank, the tourism sector offers
significant opportunities for women's empowerment by allowing them to advance to
positions of leadership and entrepreneurship. The study aimed to determine whether
barriers to career advancement of women (family responsibilities, work environment,
qualifications, flexible working hours, work from home) differ significantly from the latent
variables of leadership of WIT, motivation of WIT, and empowerment of WIT. The study was
quantitative and descriptive, allowing researchers to assess the impact of leadership of
WIT, motivation of WIT, and empowerment of WIT on women's career advancement in the
SA tourism sector. Non-discriminative snowball sampling was used to collect the primary
data (n = 250), and the questionnaire was distributed online via email and social media
platforms as indicated in the findings of this study. Results confirm that barriers to career
advancement of women have a significant effect on the latent variables of Leadership of
WIT, Motivation of WIT and the Empowerment of WIT. This study aimed to fill a knowledge
gap concerning women in the tourism sector in SA and to add to the growing international
conversation on the barriers to career advancement for women in the tourism sector.
Geslagsongelykheid duur volhardend voort oor alle ekonomiese sektore heen en vroue kry
nie dieselfde ekonomiese geleenthede as mans nie. Volgens die Wêreldbank bied die
toerismesektor aansienlike geleenthede vir die bemagtiging van vroue deur hulle toe te laat
om tot leierskap- en ondernemerskapposisies te vorder. Die doelwit van hierdie studie was
om te bepaal of die belemmeringe tot vroue se beroepsbevordering
(gesinsverantwoordelikhede, werksomgewing, kwalifikasies, inskiklike werksure, van die
huis af werk) op ’n beduidende wyse van die latente veranderlikes van leierskap van VIT
(vroue in toerisme), motivering van VIT en bemagtiging van VIT verskil. Die studie was
kwantitatief en beskrywend van aard en het navorsers in staat gestel om die impak van
leierskap van VIT, motivering van VIT en die bemagtiging van VIT op die vordering van
vroue in hul beroepe in die SA-toerismesektor te evalueer. Nie-diskriminerende
sneeubalsteekproefneming is gebruik om die primêre data (n = 250) te versamel. Soos in
die bevindinge van die studie aangedui, is die vraelys aanlyn per e-pos sowel as deur
middel van sosiale media platforms versprei. Die bevindinge het bevestig dat die
belemmeringe tot beroepsbevordering van vroue ’n beduidende effek het op die latente
veranderlikes van leierskap van VIT, motivering van VIT en die bemagtiging van VIT.
Hierdie studie het ten doel gehad om die kennisgaping aangaande vroue in die
toerismesektor in Suid-Afrika te vul sowel as om ’n bydrae tot die groeiende internasionale
gesprek oor die belemmeringe tot beroepsbevordering vir vroue in die toerismesektor te
lewer.
Ukungalingani ngokwesini kukhona kuwo onke amacandelo ezoqoqosho, kwaye abafazi
abafumani amathuba afana nawamadoda kwezoqoqosho. Ngokokutsho kweBhanki
Yehlabathi, iWorld Bank, icandelo lezokhenketho linika amathuba amahle kakhulu
ekomelezeni abafazi ngokubavumela ukuba banyukele kwizikhundla zobunkokheli nokuba
ngoosomashishini abaqalayo. Esi sifundo sijolise ekufumaniseni ukuba ingaba imiqobo
yokunyukela ngentla kubafazi (uxanduva lwekhaya, iimeko zasemsebenzini, imfundo, iiyure
zokuphangela ezivumela iimeko ngeemeko, ukusebenzela ekhaya) yahluke kakhulu na
kwiimpawu zobunkokheli ezimayana ezifana nobunkokheli kubafazi abakukhenketho
(iWIT), ukukhuthazeka kweWIT, ukunikwa amagunya kwiWIT. Esi sifundo salandela indlela
yophando ngokobuninzi bamanani nokucacisa, apho kwavunyelwa ukuba abaphandi
bavavanye ifuthe lobunkokheli beWIT, ukukhuthazeka kweWIT, kunye nokunikwa
amagunya kweWIT ekunyukeleni ngentla kwabafazi emisebenzini yecandelo lezokheketho
eMzantsi Afrika. Kwasetyenziswa uhlobo lokusampula apho isampulu ekhethwe kuqala
ikhetha abanye abathathi nxaxheba ngokwayo ekuqokeleleni idatha yokuqala (n = 250),
kwaphinda kwahanjiswa uluhlu lwemibuzo ngeeimeyile nakumaqonga onxibelelwano
njengoko kwaboniswa kokufunyaniswe kolu phando. Iziphumo zangqinisisa ukuba imiqobo
ekunyukeleni ngentla kwabafazi emisebenzini inefuthe elinamandla kwiimpawu ezimayana
ezifana nobunkokheli beWIT, ukukhuthazeka kweWIT, kunye nokunikwa amagunya
kweWIT. Esi sifundo sasijolise ekuvaleni isikhewu kulwazi olumalunga nabafazi
abakwicandelo lezokhenketho eMzantsi Afrika. Enye injongo yayikukongeza kwincoko
ekhulayo kwihlabathi jikelele malunga nemiqobo esendleleni yokunyukela ngentla
kwabafazi kwicandelo lezokhenketho.
