Meaning of Career Success of Women and Implications for Adult Learning: In Case of Women in Non-traditional Occupations
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Recent scholars agree on that traditional career theories and career models fail to capture women's career because women tend to develop different career patterns and women's careers involve different focus and issues. Career success is also a challengeable term by the decline of traditional hierarchical employment structure and discourses of career success are divided into two distinctive dimensions: objective and subjective. This study aims to identify what meanings women bring regarding their career success when they recall their career experiences. In-depth interviews with 12 women in male-dominant occupations revealed four themes about their meaning of career success; happiness, accomplishment and commitment, independence, and balance. Descriptions of each theme related to participants' experiences are provided and discussions include how the findings of this study can be interpreted with relation to other literature. Suggestions for adult learning, especially for career education and training, are offered finally.
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Recent scholars agree on that traditional career theories and career models fail to capture women's career because women tend to develop different career patterns and women's careers involve different focus and issues. Career success is also a challengeable term by the decline of traditional hierarchical employment structure and discourses of career success are divided into two distinctive dimensions: objective and subjective. This study aims to identify what meanings women bring regarding their career success when they recall their career experiences. In-depth interviews with 12 women in male-dominant occupations revealed four themes about their meaning of career success; happiness, accomplishment and commitment, independence, and balance. Descriptions of each theme related to participants' experiences are provided and discussions include how the findings of this study can be interpreted with relation to other literature. Suggestions for adult learning, especially for career education and training, are offered finally.
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