The Analysis of Senior Women Managers’ Career Barriers
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to examine the career barriers of senior women managers. 21 senior women managers, who were reached through theoretical sampling and working in various sectors, participated in the research. The data of the research carried out in the grounded theory design, one of the qualitative research methods, were acquired through semi-structured interview technique. In the analysis of the data acquired; open coding, selective coding and theoretical coding steps were followed respectively. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the participants encountered eight different career barriers during their career development It has been observed that at the root of these obstacles there are expectations of gender roles and institutional and individual reasons. Career barriers arising from the epectation of social gender roles included role conflict and labeling of professional competencies. Institutional career barriers included fierce competition environment, stressful aspects of the job, initiation into the men's club, regression of position and periods of corporate crisis. Finally, crisis periods in the family life cycle are among career barriers arising from individual reasons. The results were discussed within the framework of the relevant literature and some suggestions were made.
Keywords
Career , career development , senior women managers , career barriers
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