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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Black professionals."”.
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Racial distancing and sensitivity to stigmatization among future black professionals
… have long been paths to upward mobility for Black people in the United States. This mobility has historically been tied to both social and economic advancement. Whether advancement was subjective or objective, there was some form of distancing from the broader Black community. The three …
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The Myth of Meritocracy and Colorblindness in France: Experiences of Black Professionals in the French Workplace
… project explores the lives of successful French professionals of African descent in France, a country that promotes colorblindness, but where, according to research, minorities experience severe discrimination on the job market. It is a qualitative research study that combines the single case …
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Comparative analysis of career anchors of black professionals and managers in the private and public sectors
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1985.
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A Conceptualisation of the self-perceptions of black professionals in relation to business leadership in South Africa
… gain an understanding of the self-perceptions of black South African professionals (and leaders) in relation to business leadership and how these self-perceptions influenced their behaviours, aspirations and self-perceived abilities in leadership positions. The leadership behaviour of black …
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"I'LL FIND A WAY OR MAKE ONE": THE TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT OF HBCUs ON THE CAREER TRAJECTORIES OF EMERGENT BLACK PROFESSIONALS
… portraiture study explored the experiences of Black college students who were recent graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Through interviews and an examination of participant artifacts, the researcher investigated the relationship between campus environment, …
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The influence of normative whiteness in the South African private sector
… under the control of White executives, while Black African people constitute less than 20% of senior and top management (Commission for Employment Equity, 2023). Academic research (Myeza & April, 2021) as well as frequent anecdotal reports in mass and social media, indicate that Black …
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An Examination of Racial Disparities in College Athletics Leadership: A Study of Social and Cultural Forces Impacting Pathways to Athletic Directorship in Collegiate Athletics
… focusing on the underrepresentation of Black professionals in Athletic Director roles. Guided by Critical Race Theory, Systemic Racism Theory, and Pierre Bourdieu's concepts, this study explores pathways and barriers through semi-structured interviews with current Black athletic …
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Second in command: Examining the factors that impact the career advancement of black women chief academic officers
Within the field of higher education, Black women are underrepresented in executive and senior-level positions that lead to the presidency. In considering the traditional pathway to the presidency for women leaders, tenured full professor to senior administrator positions such as chief academic …
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Exploring employment equity in leadership positions in the public sector: a case study of the Western Cape Education department
… Despite various efforts, the advancement of black professionals and the achievement of racial equality in the workplace remain significant obstacles, with under-representation persisting in many sectors (Coovadia, Jewkes, Barron, Sanders, and McIntyre, 2009). This study aimed to explore the …
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Tuskegee, Achimota and the Construction of Black Transcultural Identity
… as a means of exploring the broader issues of black transcultural identity and black agency in education policy formation and implementation in the U.S. and in the Gold Coast. The two black actors who figure prominently in this case study are Booker T. Washington, the president and founder of …
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The impact of Black Tax on the intention to start a business among black entrepreneurs: comparative analysis between female and male entrepreneurs in the Vhembe District Municipality, South Africa
Black tax represents a multifaceted and sensitive issue that is frequently subjected to discourse among young black South Africans. It pertains to the financial obligations that black professionals often encounter in supporting their families and communities, including extended family members. This …
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Corporate executive career success : a descriptive single case study exploring Black millennials’ experiences with intersectionality and executive development coaching.
… to explore the career development experiences of Black millennials in their thirties, aspiring for executive positions in corporate America. This research addressed the challenges these individuals face, focusing on the impact of intersectionality, career development resources, and coaching. …
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A qualitative single case study gathering the perceptions of emotional labor among Black male and female professionals in higher education in the Midwest.
… case study examines the experiences of Black male and female professionals in the Midwest, specifically working at a predominantly White institution, through the lenses of performing, evoking, and managing emotional labor. This single case study uses a purposeful sampling method to …
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Reclaiming voice through epistemic disobedience: a Black female anti-racist consultant perspective
… to interrogate the persistence of systemic anti-Black racism in workplace environments. Through these works, the research explores how personal experience, organisational critique, and professional praxis converge to generate new knowledge and innovative methodologies for addressing entrenched …
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A mixed method examination of racial disproportionalities among youth who cross over from the child welfare to the juvenile justice system: child welfare and juvenile justice professionals' perspectives and racial attitudes
… child welfare, law enforcement and court professionals first described their perspectives on why youth cross over from the child welfare to the juvenile justice system, in general, and then described reasons for racial disproportionalities in crossing over. Next, they communicated their …
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A Black Sense of Place: Deep Mapping the Career Journeys of Black Mid-level Student Affairs Administrators
… work. Despite the surge of research interest in Black administrators, there still remains limited knowledge about who they are, their professional lives, and their overall lived experiences. As such, the purpose of this study was to understand the career journeys and the experiences of Black …
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Colour in the lines: The racial politics and possibilities of US skateboarding culture
This thesis examines the informal sporting culture of skateboarding as a contested site of racial politics in the United States of America (US). Action sports scholars have long identified the ‘whiteness’ of this sport but rarely created space for the voices of people of colour (POC) within …