The Situation of Women in Turkish Petroleum Industry

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Atay Ö., Koçman Ö.

2nd International Congress on Blue and Grey Collar Workers, Warszawa, Polonya, 8 Mayıs - 11 Haziran 2024, ss.9, (Tam Metin Bildiri)

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Warszawa
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Polonya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.9
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Energy is an indispensable requirement in all areas of social life and economic activities. There is an intense dependence on petroleum and natural gas in energy consumption in the world. Petroleum, especially as the main energy source of many sectors, has the largest share in the world's primary energy consumption, and as of 2021 data, it met 31% of the world energy demand and natural gas met 26.9% (BP, 2022: 12). Today, it is clear that as an energy source petroleum is at the centre of the countries’ economic development. The petroleum industry is a large and integrated sector consisting of national and multinational enterprises based on crude oil production and processing (refining) operations. The research aims to examine the situation of white, blue, and grey-collar women workers in the Turkish petroleum industry. According to The Global Gender Gap Report 2023, women are poorly represented in Oil, Gas and Mining industries, as 22.7% of the workforce. Women continue to be outnumbered by men in senior leadership positions across all industries. However, unlike other industries, this gap is one of the widest in Oil, Gas and Mining with only 18.6% the share of women in senior leadership positions. Unfortunately, there has been no major hopeful improvement in this regard over the years. Qualitative data analysis from interviews and document analysis using the “Case Study Method” (Yin, 2018) were undertaken in this research. TPAO is chosen as a case study because it is Türkiye’s largest oil production company achieving over % 80 of the domestic production and also the largest industrial public sector company in Türkiye by asset size and equity. According to the findings, support for personal development and education, implementation of mentoring and development programs, creating more flexible working conditions and comfortable working spaces can increase the number of women workers and managers in Turkish Petroleum Industry.