Purpose – This paper seeks to review gender differences in career goals and career tactics of men and women in the … internal consistency limit these findings. Practical implications – Gender discrimination based on beliefs that women will be … career beliefs of 233 managers employed in 16 organizations in the PRC. Findings – Women and men were equally likely to value …

formalised “women's network” launched by management as a diversity intervention to aid women's career development in an oil, gas … research comprising analysis of company policy, interviews with Human Resources staff, a census survey of women expatriates …, followed by in‐depth, semi‐structured female expatriate interviews. Findings – Women value networking to prepare for …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how women academics from the Arab Middle East enact their careers … factors (Islam, patriarchy, and family centrality) that shape/bind women's careers choices and patterns allowing thus for a … with reference to double-bounded contexts: academia as an institution encoding organizational career scripts and gender as …

to the types of assignments women undertake. Practical suggestions for organizations are given to widen expatriate gender … women to take up expatriate assignments in the male-dominated oil and gas industry. Design/methodology/approach – The … organizational policy relevant to expatriation. Findings – Potential assignees value the information that women role models can …

equal opportunities policies and gender monitoring systems in place. However, very few women have progressed into senior … story. Some of the women we interviewed reported that they had opted to put their careers on hold because of domestic and …This paper reports on the views that women academics have about their career prospects, equal opportunities and the …

Career research has been synonymous with paid work. The ensuing result is a picture of women’s careers framed by men …’s experiences. In this paper career development theory is briefly traced to provide a context for a proposed model of women …’s careers. This broad, non‐linear model aims to be inclusive of a diverse range of experiences without being deterministic …

barriers experienced in each context. Results suggest that while Canadian women have similar career profiles to men, women in … the UK lag behind their male counterparts after graduation from the course. At the same time, UK women encounter more … UK and Canadian surveys are discussed in relation to this model and in the context of feminist theory and women in …

This study, examines women's career types and their effects on women's satisfaction with their career success and their … manifestation of a woman's career pattern and career locus. It finds empirical evidence of three distinct career types for women …: achievers, navigators and accommodators. Women having accommodator career types are significantly less satisfied with their …

constructed their careers in a male‐dominated profession. The findings indicate that there is a significant rejection of the …

Investigates how Korean women employees define their success at work, and how those definitions differ by demographic … survey was conducted with a sample of Korean women employees in a large Korean bank. Implies, when comparing the results with … other studies sampling both men and women (or women only) in either a US or Korean context, that women's career perceptions …