Female Teachers and Barriers of Participatory Management

Abstract Participatory management (PM) increases productivity, competitive advantage, improves performance and satisfaction. Therefore identifying the barriers of PM is important. The sample for this study consisted of 903 female teachers randomly drawn from schools in seven big districts in Mashhad, Iran. The teachers expressed fear that their effective involvement in PM will lead to changes in the organization of work that are not to their benefit such as increased workloads or even loss of jobs. Shift to PM is seen as a way for an organization to build key capabilities essential for success in a complicated and dynamic environment.