Examines the status of corporate women in Canadian organizations, from data provided by 124 vice‐presidents of human resources, through the use of anonymous questionnaires. Half were in resources and manufacturing and in organizations with less than 500 employees. Women represented about 40...

Provides a case study of a group process experience for personal growth and career development. A small group of adults meets under the supervision of their leader and co‐leader for the purpose of improving their interpersonal communication, personal growth, and career development perspective....

Business faces formidable challenges in the 1990s. Increasing competition, technology, changing market structures, and fluctuating economic cycles are making it increasingly difficult for executives to gain long‐term security within their organizations. To be competitive in the dynamic...

Examines how a systemic model of managing career development was developed to improve a messy problem at Nationwide Building Society. The approach adopted was to apply soft systems methodology. Presents the model and then examines actions to improve the situations.

Examines the new and increasing trend towards outplacement consultancies. Argues that outplacing, as an alternative to releasing employees, minimizes organizational disruption and loss of morale. Reports that the stigma once attached to corporate outplacing has since been replaced by an...

Describes programmes of development centres for both sales staff and sales managers within a large organization, which enabled the identification of high potential, based on objective criteria.

Purpose – The article aims to show how using the framework of social capital can be useful in understanding the careers of senior retail managers. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative research design in the form of 17 biographical interviews with 11 men and six women was adopted to...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine the influence of gender culture and gender subtext on the career trajectories of women. It examines the organization as an arena in which underlying cultural processes maintain gender distinctions and barriers, thereby limiting the efficacy of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to summarize and reflect on four presentations at the 2010 Women of Color in the Academy Conference which focused on strategies that are beneficial to women, especially women of color, to overcoming barriers prevalent in pursing graduate degrees,...

Purpose – This paper aims to explore how gay men and lesbians draw upon workplace friendship for developing and sustaining managerial careers and identities. Design/methodology/approach – The study adopts a qualitative design, using data collected from semi‐structured interviews with four...