Purpose – This paper seeks to identify the meanings associated with retirement for a longitudinal sample of women …. Originality/value – The longitudinal data offers a unique vantage point, such that meanings can be traced over time in a way that …

Most previous research on career success has examined the differential importance of predictors of objective career … success (e.g. salary) between men and women. The aim of the present paper is to investigate hypotheses pertaining to male …‐female differences in subjective career success (SCS) prediction. Two measures of SCS, intrinsic job success (IJS) and perceived career …

relationship factors. No statistically significant gender differences were found in the incidence of these success factors … business success, and also in gender comparative studies. Originality/value – Uses self-perceived success criteria to assess …Purpose – Women and men business owners are often thought to have different success criteria for their businesses, but …

. Longitudinal data from MBAs surveyed three times over a 13‐year period demonstrated that the promised career path still exists for … contribution as the longitudinal data, controlled educational background, and controlled time period enhance understanding of …

characteristics of male consultants, female consultants and “successful” consultants. Identifies 16 characteristics for success in …

Leadership philosophy is explored through gender and other demographic characteristics in the Australian Public Service … behaviour. Gender differences in characteristics of leaders (executives and middle managers) are examined in terms of strategic …/work conflict and personal, work and family satisfaction. The gender differences are investigated using questionnaire responses from …

gender. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines firm characteristics and firm success variables in light of gender … characteristics such as firm size, number of employees, and revenues are correlated to gender, firm success appears to be independent … variables. Due to the data sample, it contributes to the understanding of gender, as well as firm success and characteristics of …

university success using perceptions of attractiveness, gender, ethnic identity, personality, and social acceptance as …. Findings – The findings suggest that attractiveness is related to attitudes to academic achievement and success through its … success. Personality is not positively related to academic achievement. Finally, social acceptance is positively related to …

Purpose – This paper aims to identify and empirically test whether growth preparedness and success perceptions are … perceived success can be used to classify SBOs into distinct strategic types. While the categories developed show some … practitioners can identify varying strategic types within their own targeted business cohorts. Originality/value – The growth/success …

probability of success. Thus, an entrepreneur can use the model to gain a better understanding of which resources are needed to … increase the probability of success, and those who advise entrepreneurs can help them use the model. Investors and creditors … can use the model to better assess a firm's potential for success. There is an extensive public policy implications …