Ir al contenido (pulsa Retorno)

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

    • Català
    • Castellano
    • English
    • LoginRegisterLog in (no UPC users)
  • mailContact Us
  • world English 
    • Català
    • Castellano
    • English
  • userLogin   
      LoginRegisterLog in (no UPC users)

UPCommons. Global access to UPC knowledge

57.066 UPC E-Prints
You are here:
View Item 
  •   DSpace Home
  • E-prints
  • Departaments
  • Departament d'Organització d'Empreses
  • Articles de revista
  • View Item
  •   DSpace Home
  • E-prints
  • Departaments
  • Departament d'Organització d'Empreses
  • Articles de revista
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Career attitudes and subjective career success: tackling gender differences

Thumbnail
View/Open
enache_career attitudes.pdf (127,2Kb)
Share:
 
 
10.1108/17542411111130990
 
  View Usage Statistics
Cita com:
hdl:2117/13173

Show full item record
Enache, Cristina Mihaela
Sallán Leyes, José MaríaMés informacióMés informacióMés informació
Simó Guzmán, PepMés informacióMés informacióMés informació
Fernández Alarcón, VicençMés informacióMés informacióMés informació
Document typeArticle
Defense date2011-05-12
Rights accessOpen Access
All rights reserved. This work is protected by the corresponding intellectual and industrial property rights. Without prejudice to any existing legal exemptions, reproduction, distribution, public communication or transformation of this work are prohibited without permission of the copyright holder
Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of gender upon the relation between protean and boundaryless career attitudes and subjective career success, in today’s dynamic and changing organizational context. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected using a questionnaire conducted on 150 graduate and post-graduate distance learning students. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Findings – The analysis indicates that women’s career success is positively related with self-direction and negatively related with their reliance on their own values. Furthermore, the authors found a negative relation between organizational mobility preference and men’s subjective career success. Research limitations/implications – A potential limitation of this study is that all participants were distance-learning students, thus limiting the generalizability of the findings to other populations. Furthermore, cross-sectional designs do not permit drawing conclusions regarding the causal direction. Practical implications – Organizations should transform work structures and human resources policies and provide career models that allow women flexibility and more control over their work. Research results show that values-driven predisposition may lead to low levels of perceived career success. This indirectly suggests that individuals experience intrinsic career success when their values are consistent with organizational values, and therefore they should seek work opportunities in organizations whose aim, scope, and philosophy is consistent with their ideals. Originality/value – This is the first paper to shed light on gender’s impact upon the relationship between protean and boundaryless career attitudes and subjective career success, in a context in which there have been calls in literature for more career research taking into account gender differences.
CitationEnache, M. [et al.]. Career attitudes and subjective career success: tackling gender differences. "Gender in Management: An International Journal", 12 Maig 2011, vol. 26, núm. 3, p. 234-250. 
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/2117/13173
DOI10.1108/17542411111130990
ISSN1754-2413
Publisher versionhttp://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1754-2413&volume=26&issue=3&articleid=1923643&show=html
Collections
  • Departament d'Organització d'Empreses - Articles de revista [720]
Share:
 
  View Usage Statistics

Show full item record

FilesDescriptionSizeFormatView
enache_career attitudes.pdf127,2KbPDFView/Open

Browse

This CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsOther contributionsTitlesSubjectsThis repositoryCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsOther contributionsTitlesSubjects

© UPC Obrir en finestra nova . Servei de Biblioteques, Publicacions i Arxius

info.biblioteques@upc.edu

  • About This Repository
  • Contact Us
  • Send Feedback
  • Inici de la pàgina