Shattering the glass ceiling: Framing leadership challenges of women in Malaysia

Abstract

The ever-increasing market demand for women’s empowerment and policies regarding gender equality practices encourages the organisation to improve policy diversity and opportunity, especially in the Malaysian context. This study examines the mechanism that influences the phenomenon of women's rising dominance in organisations of family responsibilities, mentoring, and support from the educational level. This study extracts its sample population from the Refinitiv DataStream for the fiscal year 2021 and 2022 as the endemic COVID-19 (recovery process) among 345 Malaysian Public Listed Companies (PLCs). The control variables of this study comprise firm size, profitability, and leverage. This study contributes to the theoretical and practical concept of championship gender equality and minimising gaps between counterparts. This study complements the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs on Sustainable Development (SDG-5), focusing on achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls globally.