...Zubeida Rossenkhan; Wee Chan Au; Pervaiz Khalid Ahmed Purpose The study aims to explore the career experiences of Malay Muslim women (MMW) managers in Malaysia. By applying an intersectionality lens to the role congruity theory of prejudice, we seek to uncover how the interaction of multiple...

...Shelomi Gomes Purpose This qualitative study explores the career trajectories of women of color (WOC) leaders through the “From Assimilation to Alienation” framework, building upon Thomas et al.’s (2013) “Pet to Threat” work and incorporating intersectionality and the Stereotype Content...

... Discrimination Developmental opportunities Stigma Careers H4a-b. Lesbian women are less likely to be allocated developmental opportunities in the form of (a)sponsorship/coaching and (b) challenging work assignments than heterosexual women, heterosexual men and gay men. To measure...

... 13 07 2021 27 09 2021 22 10 2021 28 10 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Careers Sex and gender issues Women workers Leadership Third, with few exceptions (e.g. Sergent and Stajkovic, 2020...

...Amit Gupta; Pushpendra Priyadarshi Purpose There is dearth of research pertaining to how persons with disability (PWDs) view their career and the issues they face in career development; past studies highlight either the organizational initiatives or individual factors in this regard. The present...

...Christine Naschberger; Krista Finstad-Milion Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how French managers picture their careers, specifically female careers. Design/methodology/approach The sample was composed of 93 women and 5 men attending a professional women’s networking event...

...Yehuda Baruch; Anne Laure Humbert; Doirean Wilson Purpose – Moving from a focus on a single aspect of diversity to multiple-diversity characteristics, the purpose of this paper is to develop and empirically test a model that examines whether self-efficacy (SE) and protean career (PC) measures...

.../approach – The authors apply participatory modelling in case studies on impediments to women’s careers in two Dutch universities. Findings – This study shows that participatory modelling supported stakeholders’ identification of the self-reinforcing feedback processes of masculinity of norms...

...Elisabeth Schilling Purpose This paper aims to analyse the question of whether women freely choose to pursue a non‐linear career or whether they are forced by their circumstances to take this path. Design/methodology/approach Semi‐structured interviews with older female employees, who had non...

.... Does occupational sex segregation influence women's career mobility? Using data of the US Panel Study of Income Dynamics 1981 to 1987, Maume (1999) found that the percentage of women in the origin occupation negatively affects women's chances of moving into managerial positions but positively affects...

... to focus on the inauthentication of feminist academic work by powerful actors in higher education and the implications for feminist academic careers. The author illustrates through her professional experience at a UK medical school how the othering and exclusion of feminists, sustained through surveillance...

... and, often, a degree of privilege. However, minority professionals are often accorded little prestige and/or privilege because their identities are perceived as inferior. Design/methodology/approach – The research studies narratives by 33 prominent women engineers with careers in management who discuss...

...Olivia Kyriakidou; Thomas M. Schneidhofer; Michael Schiffinger; Wolfgang Mayrhofer Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effects of gender and gender role type on objective career success over time from a career practices perspective. Design/methodology/approach – Based...

...Susan Durbin; Steve Fleetwood; Jennifer Tomlinson; Susan Durbin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the employment trajectories, aspirations, work‐life balance and career mobility of women working as part‐time managers. Design/methodology/approach In‐depth, semi‐structured...

... and learning, life experience, career aspirations, relationships and racial identity on academic success. Findings Positive or negative prior life experience had little impact on first year academic performance. Indigenous students as an equity group were found to have similar learning and life issues...

... opportunities Organizational behaviour Careers United States of America This report summarizes the issues raised in papers presented at the recent meeting of the Southern Management Association (SMA) in Clearwater Beach, Florida, USA. SMA is a regional affiliate of the Academy of Management and hosts...

... individual as well as family and school related influences on uptake of science, engineering, technology and health related careers. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on data collected for two British birth cohorts: the 1958 National Child Development Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study...

...Jacqueline Scott; Jane Nolan; Daiga Kamerāsde Purpose The paper aims to critically review four recently published books, each of which aims to explain the disproportionate representation of men and women in science careers, and to understand gender differences in achievements and productivity...

... images of effective leadership and of successful career advancement in the health care field. Effective leadership was described in stereotypically feminine terms - more other oriented, while career advancement was described in stereotypically masculine terms – more self oriented. They discuss several...

... theoretical approaches have played a role in raising the profile of women in management. It will also discuss how the current findings on leadership are likely to impact on the career advancement of women in leadership roles in the future. The word “leadership” was originally used in the early 1800s...