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Women Employees and Senior Management

Women Employees and Senior Management A study conducted to investigate the aspirations and expectationswomen managers hold for achieving senior positions is described. Thesubjects were employed in various departments of a public sectororganisation and investigated by the use of biographical interviews. Itwas found that individuals aspired to achieve higher level posts thanthey expected, and that many had entered a career in the public sectorby default, having received little or poor career advice. Drawing onresearch conducted elsewhere describing career choice mechanisms, it isargued that a combination of work motivation, structure of opportunity,sex role socialisation and expectations contributes to selflimitation inwomens career decisions. This process leads subsequently to furtherdowngrading of expectations in a reinforcing cycle. It is suggested thatby altering expectations along with confronting socialisation andstructure of opportunity, which is a more common approach it may bepossible to reduce selflimitation. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Personnel Review Emerald Publishing

Women Employees and Senior Management

Wilson, Pauline
Personnel Review , Volume 20 (1): 5 – Jan 1, 1991
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Emerald Publishing
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0048-3486
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10.1108/00483489110002622
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Abstract

A study conducted to investigate the aspirations and expectationswomen managers hold for achieving senior positions is described. Thesubjects were employed in various departments of a public sectororganisation and investigated by the use of biographical interviews. Itwas found that individuals aspired to achieve higher level posts thanthey expected, and that many had entered a career in the public sectorby default, having received little or poor career advice. Drawing onresearch conducted elsewhere describing career choice mechanisms, it isargued that a combination of work motivation, structure of opportunity,sex role socialisation and expectations contributes to selflimitation inwomens career decisions. This process leads subsequently to furtherdowngrading of expectations in a reinforcing cycle. It is suggested thatby altering expectations along with confronting socialisation andstructure of opportunity, which is a more common approach it may bepossible to reduce selflimitation.

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Personnel Review – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jan 1, 1991

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