Career barriers: Do we need more research?
Research on career barriers has stressed the commonalities among women, and the ways in which women can develop the personal and professional skills they need to demonstrate their commitment to the organization. However, this individualistic focus is not appropriate for dealing with the problem of c...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1990
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 1990, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 353-359 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Professional Skill B Family Responsibility B Organizational Structure B Economic Growth |
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| Summary: | Research on career barriers has stressed the commonalities among women, and the ways in which women can develop the personal and professional skills they need to demonstrate their commitment to the organization. However, this individualistic focus is not appropriate for dealing with the problem of combining career and family responsibilities. Our research focus must now turn to the commonalities among organizations, and the ways in which different organizational structures and cultures are more or less responsive to women. A study of Canadian National Sport Organizations illustrates some of the issues in this approach. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00380333 |