Abstract:
This research examined attitude towards female leadership among employees working in
North Gondar zone Debark. Using a stratified random sampling technique, a total of 234 employees
in debark was take as sample. WAMS (women as a managerial scale) used for data collection.
Accordingly, data were analyze using IBM SPSS version 20. one-sample t-test shows that there is a
statistically significant mean difference (t (233) =24.87, p<0.05) between the sample mean score and
the hypothesized mean score of the instrument and the result shows that most of the respondents have
a positive attitude towards females in leadership. Independent sample t-test also indicated that there
is a significant mean difference in the level of attitude towards women leadership (t (232) = 3.16,
p<0.05) between male and female respondents. However, the One-way ANOVA result indicated that
there is no statistically significant mean difference in the level of attitude towards women leadership
(F= 0.94, df (4,230), p>0.05) among respondents of the study across age groups. One-way ANOVA
also revealed that, the level of attitudes towards women leadership (F=3.33, df (3,231), p<0.05) found
to be significant across the marital status of respondents. One-way ANOVA result also indicated that
there is a significant mean difference in the level of attitudes towards women leadership (F =3.05 df
(4,230), P< 0.05) among respondents across the educational status. The major problems that influence
the attitude of employees towards female leadership were social, psychological, and cultural in the
study area. In the study also include limitations, conclusion, and recommendations.
