Barriers to Career Advancement in the Music Products Industry: Experiences and Reflections of Women

This dissertation in practice studied the experience of women in the music products 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. Transcriptions were coded and themed, identifying five main barriers to career advancement, which created feelings of skepticism/withdrawal, apathy, disappointment, depressions/hurt, confusion, worry/worthlessness, and hope/optimism after the experience. The data found that experiencing a barrier to career advancement for these women meant that their feelings about their job changed from mostly positive to mostly negative or apathetic of the status quo. Workplace gender inequity was identified as a wicked problem, and a framework was proposed to help an organization define and work to change their hierarchical workplace culture into a more inclusive, learning culture that can reduce barriers to career advancement and lead to stronger organizational performance.

Grantor dc:publisher

Creighton University

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Pelloquin, Andrea

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Bloomquist, Candace D.

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright is retained by the Author. A non-exclusive distribution right is granted to Creighton University and to ProQuest following the publishing model selected above.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/126873

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:cdr.creighton.edu:10504/126873