Table 1 Sample demographic background.

From: Women leadership in higher education: exploring enablers and challenges from middle-level academics’ perspective

Informant

Specialisation

Position

Years

IN1

Applied linguistics and English language teaching

Former programme coordinator

10

IN2

Information management

Former programme coordinator

6

IN3

Educational technology

Former programme coordinator

8

IN4

Integrated pest management Epidemiology

Former programme coordinator

10

IN5

TESOL

Head of programme

4

IN6

English language

Head of programme

4

IN7

Tourism

Former assistant programme coordinator

20

IN8

Sports management

Former programme coordinator

5

IN9

Leadership and human resource management

Former assistant programme coordinator

7

IN10

Pharmaceutical sciences and physical chemistry

Former programme coordinator

11

IN11

Advanced materials

Former programme coordinator

16

IN12

Electrical engineering

Former assistant programme coordinator

5

IN13

Materials engineering

PhD programme coordinator

6

IN14

Civil engineering

Master’s programme coordinator

3

IN15

Materials engineering

Bachelor’s degree programme coordinator

12

IN16

Food technology

Assistant programme coordinator

3

IN17

Biological sciences

Head of programme

4

  1. IN1-IN17 represent the pseudonyms for the 17 informants.