identification and prioritization of the barriers of women's presence in oil industry's managerial positions

in recent years, women’s presence has increased in society and in work spaces. nevertheless,the rate of their promotion to high ranking managerial positions does not correspond to theireducational developments in most of countries, especially in iran due to some barriers whichare different in different societies and companies and at different times. the aim of thissurvey is to identify and prioritize the barriers keeping women away from managerialpositions (in oil industry). in this research the barriers of women’s presence in managerialpositions identified using a qualitative method and interview with 47 experts and mangers ofoil industry in tehran. then the barriers prioritized from the viewpoint of women and menusing analytic hierarchy process. the results show men consider the individual barriers moreimportant and have a negative attitude towards women's capabilities and capacities, whilewomen consider the individual barriers less important.