Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine career‐life issues of successful women in the Americas. Design …/methodology/approach – A total of 30 interviews were conducted with successful women in Canada, Argentina and Mexico. Themes were pulled from … differences of experiences. Findings – The women in all three countries conveyed more subjective measures of career success, such …

Purpose – This paper aims to understand women's careers better in order to help organizations make changes to increase … female retention. Two specific questions are addressed: Are women adopting a protean career orientation by becoming career … self‐agents?; and Are women's career decisions guided by the kaleidoscope values of challenge, balance, and authenticity …

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore how women managers in the United Arab Emirates account for and …‐depth interviews with 15 women managers in the United Arab Emirates. Findings – The study produced a typology distinguishing four types … of career development among women managers in the United Arab Emirates: progressive, moderate, facilitated and idealistic …

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 – This paper aims to explore how highly skilled women workers in Sri Lanka navigate organizational contexts via … understandings of women's careers in diverse socio‐cultural contexts. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on one …‐to‐one in‐depth interviews conducted with 24 Sri Lankan women in early, mid and late career. Findings – The findings reveal how …

Purpose – The use of women's networks is emerging as one method of advancing women's careers within organizations … women's network may impact women's career advancement. Design/methodology/approach – The authors interviewed 21 members of … an intra‐firm women's network and six members of the executive leadership team of a global organization. To examine the …

Survey (CPS) by exploring how women's glass ceiling beliefs are related to five major indicators of subjective career success …/methodology/approach – Data from a cross‐sectional study of 258 women working in Australian organizations were analyzed. The participants … beliefs after testing with the CPS may be a beneficial strategy to help women identify reasons for their career goals …

‐who competency for Taiwanese women managers. Design/methodology/approach – This qualitative research drew on in‐depth interviews with … perceptions of the development of knowing‐who, through networks. Findings – Women emphasized the benefits of acquiring and … developing networks from undertaking the EMBA. Cultural values impacted women's perceptions of networking. Research limitations …

This study examined Filipino managerial women’s participation in a variety of education, training and development … activities and the usefulness and impact of such activities. Filipino managerial women rated orientation programs, career … development programs, technical training and management development programs most useful. Filipino women also participated in such …

While still rare, the number of women who have held or are holding the most senior positions of political leadership … relationship between leadership and management in the context of the global community. Women’s access to the highest political … offices is used as a prism through which the continuing dilemma of women’s representation at the highest levels of public life …