The career resilience of senior women managers: A cross‐cultural perspective. Issue 1 (22nd March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jogulu, Uma; Franken, Esmé
• Is Part Of: Gender work and organization. Volume 30:Issue 1(2023)
• Page Start: 280
• Page End: 300
• Publication Date: 2022-03-22
• Subjects: Asia Pacific region -- contemporary careers -- contextual influences -- resilience -- role conflict -- women senior managers; Sex role in the work environment -- Periodicals; Sexual division of labor -- Periodicals; Sex discrimination in employment -- Periodicals; Organizational sociology -- Periodicals; Industries -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 306.361505
• DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12829
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0968-6673

Abstract

Abstract: This article examines how cultural contexts influence the demonstration of resilient behaviors of women senior managers in large organizations. We compare the experiences of Malaysian and Australian women overcoming key challenges and obstacles in their career journeys by engaging in the resilience strategies of network leveraging, learning, and adaptability. Our findings reveal the unique, complex, and contextual nature of career resilience, and show how resilience can be demonstrated, often differently, across culture and context. Our study adds to the existing body of literature in the areas of careers, gender in the workplace, and resilience, by highlighting how senior women sustain and navigate their career paths within the constraints of their socio‐cultural contexts. Practical and scholarly implications are discussed.