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5.3   PRESENTATION OF QUALITATIVE FINDINGS  
 
5.3.1   Introduction 
 
In the previous section (5.2), results of the quantitative survey involving 23 women HoDs 
were presented and discussed. This section presents and discusses combined qualitative 
data from the survey and video conference focus group interviews.  With the exception of 
one participant, who was available for both survey and interview, there were two separate 
groups of HoDs. One group completed a sixteen page questionnaire and the other 
participated in the focus group interviews. In this section, qualitative data from parallel 
topics and themes in the questionnaire and interviews is integrated and discussed 
together, while information from themes emerging from the interviews alone is discussed 
separately.  
 
In the first part of the presentation, qualitative information relating to background 
characteristics of the thirty two women (23 from the survey and 9 from the interviews) is 
tabled and outlined. This includes name of department, previous positions held prior to 
present position, total number of years experience in previous and current position. In the 
second part of the presentation, significant themes which emerge from the interviews and 
the survey are tabled and outlined. This is followed in the third part, by a detailed 
description of significant themes which emerged from the interviews only. The themes 
are organised according to topics in the interview guide, and presented and described by 
means of narrative descriptive material or summary points where applicable.  
 
Representative quotes are selected for each theme followed by a discussion of the 
significance of each theme. The fourth part consists of additional issues or themes related 
to interview topics and arising out of participant interaction and facilitator probing. 

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