Purpose – This study aims to explore the nature of women's career experiences over the life course by examining career …, grounded theory, code development and descriptive statistics. Findings – The data revealed distinct patterns of how women …) and women's own changing images of their careers and career success. A three‐phase, age‐linked model of women's career …

Purpose – Aims to look at the way women in Western industrialized countries have made significant career advancements … introduced to help women in their career development have produced only modest gains in women's advancement. Design … managed as part of the development, implementation, and evaluation of initiatives targeting women's career advancement, if …

Purpose – The labour force participation of older women has increased substantially in Canada. This study aims to … examine the factors that are important to the career satisfaction of older managerial and professional women. Design …/methodology/approach – Managerial and professional women aged 50 and above completed a questionnaire assessing their career satisfaction, individual …

situation‐centred factors related to the managerial advancement of, women with and without children. The study also seeks to … examine whether having children influences women's advancement, by affecting person‐situation factors such as training and …. Specifically, internal networks are negatively related to the advancement of women with children, but unrelated to the advancement …

women. Design/methodology/approach – Existing mentoring and e‐mentoring models are evaluated as the context for the … development of an innovative e‐mentoring programme for professional women in the UK (Empathy‐Edge). The European Union … returners and employed women who wish to break through the “glass ceiling”. It also indirectly improves their information and …

Purpose – This paper aims to document women's reflections on their careers over a ten‐year period to provide … Queensland (Australia) and had been recommended for, and participated in, women in management (WIM) courses conducted in the … gathered demographic data and data related to employment history, perceptions of success and satisfaction, and the women …

Purpose – This paper seeks to review gender differences in career goals and career tactics of men and women in the … career beliefs of 233 managers employed in 16 organizations in the PRC. Findings – Women and men were equally likely to value … achievement, contributing to the family, and collectivism as career goals and to use loyalty to superiors, and networking as …

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 …