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Showing 1 to 20 of 138 for “"Career advancement."”.
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Disability, Career Advancement, and Leadership
… includes three research papers on disability, career advancement, and leadership. With limited prior research on the lived experience of leaders with disabilities, I begin with a qualitative study on career advancement and leadership facilitators in Chapter 2. Twenty-one leaders with …
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Women teachers career advancement: an exploration of choice in context
This study investigates the career choices of seven female teachers in mesolevel leadership positions at three Western Cape schools. It explores their decisions to apply or refrain from applying for senior leadership positions through an examination of the interplay between their leadership …
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Gender and career advancement in the sciences: a Thai case study
… to exploring a gender difference in scientific careers by presenting empirical evidence from Thailand, and also at evaluating the impact of different types of organisation: higher education and research institute sectors on gender and academic career progress. In order to understand gender …
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Women’s career advancement in the IT field in the Kingdom of Bahrain
… factors that influence Bahraini women in their career advancement to upper managerial levels within the IT field. The underrepresentation of women in the IT field has been widely studied in the context of Western countries, however, there are few studies in Eastern Arabic countries. This study …
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The influence of intragroup conflict on career advancement of women in corporate
… conflict as a mechanism that influences women's career progression in corporate settings, using as its basis mid-career women in South Africa's retail and wholesale industries. It explores how task and relationship conflicts among women are fuelled by competition for scarce resources, economic …
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Personal and Institutional Factors Affecting Assistant Principals' Career Advancement Decisions in Georgia
… personal and institutional factors affecting career advancement decisions of assistant principals in the state of Georgia. Using a career advancement decision survey created by Dr. Charles Jeffords, the researcher solicited responses from 978 assistant principals from all parts of the state of …
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A Phenomenological Exploration of Saudi Women Employees’ Perception of Agency and Career Advancement
… cultural, and social barriers to employment and career advancement opportunities. This transcendental phenomenological study sought to describe the perception of promotability as it related to agency norms experienced by Saudi women with at least two years of employment experience and working in …
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Exploring Career Advancement Experiences of Black Women in the National Used Car Industry
… in the national used car industry affect their career advancement opportunities. How can we account for these experiences and outcomes? Using intersectionality as a theoretical framework, this thesis examines how overlapping identities, such as race and gender, intersect to create unique …
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JOURNEY TO THE TOP: MARGINALIZED INTERSECTED IDENTITY EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S CAREER ADVANCEMENT
… policies that would increase opportunities for advancement among African American women to the benefit of organizational performance and bottom lines while providing guidance to seeking top-level career advancement in higher education. Study 1 adopted a qualitative approach, with interviews of …
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An investigation of the barriers that impede the career advancement of women in management
… was to investigate the barriers that impede the career advancement of women at an auditing firm in the Western Cape. These include internal and external barriers. More specifically, the study aimed to establish whether significant differences exist between women in different age groups, job …
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Gender dynamics in the advertising industry : the interplay of workplace culture and career advancement
… of factors that contribute to, or hinder female career advancement to executive positions in the advertising industry. It further offers critical determinants that influence women to remain in the industry when others leave for client-side or other opportunities.
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Barriers to Career Advancement in the Music Products Industry: Experiences and Reflections of Women
… industry as they encountered barriers to their career advancement, with the aim of creating awareness of these experiences and the need for change. This qualitative, phenomenological study involved interviewing ten women currently working in the music products industry about their experiences. …
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Career advancement of tourism and hospitality management graduates : the case of Walter Sisulu University, Eastern Cape
Submitted in full requirement for the Degree of Masters in Hospitality and Tourism in the Faculty of Management Sciences at the Durban University of Technology, 2020.
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A study exploring the career advancement of women librarians in South African institutions of higher education
… 1) To what extent has gender/sex impacted on the career positioning of female librarians? 2) Have any other obstacles impeded the career advancement of female librarians and if so, what were they? 3) When female librarians apply for promotion, what are their actual experiences? 4) To what extent …
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Why Am I Here? Examining the Relationship Between Purpose and Career Advancement of First-Generation Doctoral Students
… and success in academic achievement and career development once support mechanisms are in place has not been adequately studied. This qualitative study utilized a transcendental phenomenological research design to explore the influence of purpose on degree completion and career …
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Second in command: Examining the factors that impact the career advancement of black women chief academic officers
… chief academic officer, factors that may impact advancement need to be reviewed. The purpose of this study was to examine the lived experiences of Black women chief academic officers and provosts at four-year, public, doctoral degree-granting institutions (but not historically Black colleges and …
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The Andrews University MBA Program in Vietnam: Assessing the Experience and the Career Advancement of its Students
… MBA program in Vietnam has impacted their career path and the extent to which it has benefited students.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>This study investigated the motivations, expectations, actual experiences, and career advancement opportunities of graduated students and current second-year …
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Navigating Barriers of African American Male Administrators: Manifesting Mechanisms for Career Advancement in Mainstream Institutions of Higher Education
… barriers they are challenged to navigate for career advancement at mainstream institutions of higher education. I utilized semi structured interviews to: (1) determine what barriers face African American male administrators in higher education that prevent advancement to executive positions; …
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