Women's Career Growth and Top Positions - Factors Determined by Literature

Autor: Bushra Shafqat, Kashif Rathore, Yaamina Salman
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Global Sociological Review. :181-193
ISSN: 2708-3586
2708-2091
Popis: This research study combines scholarly research work on factors influencing women and top positions.Providing a synthesis of 94 research studies published in the ISI web of knowledge, this study not only highlightssignificant factors influencing women's journey towards top managerial positions but also compares literaturefrom developing and developed nations. Empirical and conceptual papers were chosen by scanning the title,abstract and stated aim of the study. Broadly two theoretical models, the Gender Organization and Systemframework by Fagenson-Eland and Baugh (2000) and the Systems of Career Influences Model purposed by DianeMagrane, et al. (2012) were used for the analysis. Overall three themes, Institutional Resources and Strategies,personal and professional roles and values and systemic factors were identified. By using literature each factorwas placed under one theme For analysis all factors (identified by using existing literature) were coded underthree main themes and analysed by using frequencies and charts. In the end, the research gap, implications andlimitations are also mentioned.
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