This research world is aimed at defining the problems of female secretaries in business organizations. A case study of NEPA.
The problems of female secretaries crivisaged in this include discrimination in employment, husband’s attitude, the secretary boss relationship, social problems, psychological problems and limited chances of advancement.
The researcher collected data for this study from questionnaires, it was discovered that female secretaries are not discriminated against in employment, official responsibilities expressly affect the private life of a female secretaries. Having made the above findings, the recommendations, business organization should have a policy, statement opposing age, sex, discrimination in employment. The female secretaries should try to keep their business and private life.
A secretary has been defined by the National International Association as executive assistance who posses a mastery of skill, who demonstrate the ability to assume responsibility without direct supervision, who exercise initiative and judgment and who takes decisions within the scope of assigned authority.
Stenographers and secretaries are office workers whose jobs primarily require stenographic skills, namely proficiency in taking dictation with shorthand. Three million people employed as secretaries representing one out of every six clerical workers.
`more than 98% of secretaries and stenographers are women (new age Encyclopedia Vol. 13). The secretarial profession came to Nigeria as a whole with the coming of the white men (colonial masters)
when the white men came to Africa, they needed to communicate with they blacks hence they searched for and made “interpreters”. These interpreters are indigenes of the various areas they visited. This enable both parties to communicate with each other. Through this, clerks wee later created by the white men and these clerks were later made secretaries when office were set up but with little responsibilities.
Firmly the work of these secretaries where quite few but as time went on and with Nigeria independence in particular, Nigerian took over the post from the white men who dominated the profession.
The word secretary has a lot to do with secrecy. The secretary must be able to keep official secrets without reserve. The secretarial course/career for women or female gender while the men go into other profession.
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