Kuzhabekova, AliyaJanenova, SaltanatAlmukhambetova, Ainur2019-03-292019-03-292017-10-26Kuzhabekova, Aliya;Janenova, Saltanat; Almukhambetova, Ainur (2017) Analyzing the Experiences of Female Leaders in Civil Service in Kazakhstan: Trapped between Economic Pressure to Earn and Traditional Family Role Expectations. International Journal of Public Administrationhttp://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/3798This paper analyzes the experiences of female leaders in civil service in a rapidly changing political, socio-cultural, and economic context of Kazakhstan. The research presents an analysis of the views of female managers on advantages and disadvantages of having women-leaders in civil service; on challenges and opportunities they are facing; on strategies they use to advance to and succeed in leadership positions. The important finding of this research is that female leaders in Kazakhstan are challenged with a clash of western, neo-liberal values and traditional expectations of women in the society. The analysis is based on primary data with women holding managerial positions in civil service.enAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United Statesfemale leaderscivil service in KazakhstanArticle