According to Sirkin, Keen and Jackson (2005) some of the hard factors that affect a transformation initiative are the time necessary to complete it, the number of people required to execute it, and the financial results that intended actions are expected to achieve. Their research showed that change projects fail to get off the ground when companies neglect the hard factors. As far as the gender equality projects are concerned it has been observed that many officials did not consider it necessary redistribute power and to channel relatively scarce resources to women (Razavi and Miller, 1995, Moser, 1993).
Financial Resources
“Organizations with inadequate resources prefer to maintain their status quo since change requires capital and personnel with appropriate skills and time” (Yýlmaz and Kýlýçoðlu, 2013). Management has therefore a critical role in preparing the organizations by investing sufficient resources (Zafar and Naveed, 2014) in the change.
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Human Resources
Limited human resources may be the end result of financial constraints but are not restricted to them. Tasks which are left to personal commitment can also be met with resistance due to insufficient human resources. This type of resistance against gender projects can also be the result of a limited number of personnel appointed to the gender group who are involved in various other responsibilities. Although they may not have time to respond to all the requests, wrong or inadequate management of resources in such cases may be the real cause of resistance.
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Time Burdens
Every source of resistance related to a lack of time in terms of different priorities belongs under this heading. Making the necessary arrangements in the organizations can take very long just because managers may not spare time to meet. Thus, it is important for managers to be particularly sensitive to this issue, and to critically examine if they have supported the innovation by providing all necessary resources be it money, time, and personnel (Baker, 1989). In gendered academic cultures time burdens due to heavy workloads often provide academics with a convenient excuse for refusal to participate in the activities concerning gender projects or conceal the low priority assigned to such endeavors.
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