A Study on Staff Attitude Towards Management of Women in State Organizations of East Azerbaijan

One of the important issues in development is the rate of active participation of women in different fields including macro-decision makings of society. Gender inequality especially in management field has caused much potential of women to be left untouched. In Most countries women have a share in social, economic decisions. But Iran has not been successful in this process. There are many theories for explaining gender inequality. for example: Neo Classic,-Segmentation of labor market, Gender (Feminist), socialization, social learning and others theories. These theories emphasize on gender and body traits of women, household responsibility and social conditions of organizations and society, gender socialization and gender stereotype variables. The aim of this survey is to study the factors that affect gender inequality especially in management field. Here, we consider gender and body traits of women, household responsibility and social conditions of organizations and society variables that are more important. The sample size of survey is 408 staff of state organizations in east Azerbaijan province. The results show that there are invisible obstacles known as “glass ceiling” in these organizations. Thus, gender and body traits of women, household responsibility, social conditions of organizations, education, family and age affect gender inequality especially in management domain