Leadership experiences and practices of South African health managers: what is the influence of gender? -a qualitative, exploratory study

Table 1 Participant summary

Participant number	Sex	Age	Race^a	Position at the time of the study	Years in current position	Prof background	Number of years in management
1	Female	54	Black	Deputy Director	4	Professional Nurse	11
2	Female	40	White	Deputy Director	6	Professional Nurse	6
3	Female	57	White	Director	12	Professional Nurse	30
4	Male	41	White	Medical Manager of Hospital	8	Medical Doctor	8
5	Female	45	White	Deputy Director	4	Occupational Therapist	10
6	Female	61	White	Director	3	Medical Doctor	20
7	Male	60+	Black	Sub-Structure Director	5	Medical Doctor	20 years +
8	Female	49	Black	Director	7	Medical Doctor	10
9	Female	50+	Black	Sub-Structure Director	5	Professional Nurse	15 years +
10	Female	48	Black	Director	5.5	Registered Nurse	5.5
11	Male	62	Black	Director	17	Environmental Health Practitioner	30
12	Female	60	Black	Director	9	Professional Nurse	18
13	Female	56	Black	Director	3	Professional Nurse	16
14	Male	67	Black	Sub-District Manager	12	Medical Doctor	12
15	Female	48	Black	Deputy Director	1	Professional Nurse	11
16	Female	49	Black	Chief Director	2	Professional Nurse	11
17	Male	48	Black	Assistant Director	1	Professional Nurse	17
18	Female		Black	Director	10	Professional Nurse	20
19	Female	53	White	Deputy Director	3	Professional Nurse	17

^aAs noted earlier, the Employment Equity Act, uses racial classifications (i.e. white, African, Mixed-Race and Indian) to monitor transformation. However, for the purposes of this paper, we refer to participants as either black or white, since an analysis of participant experiences by more detailed race categories did not reveal marked differences

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