The career development of China's women leaders
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2017
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International Design Business Management
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en
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74
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Objective of the Study This study seeks to analyse how the career development of China’s women leaders displays. Women leader group, as a crucial part reflects the gender equality of a country. However, little attention so far has been given to the career development of women leader group. This research sought to bridge the gap by studying the career development rules of Chinese women leaders. Methodology and the Analytical Framework The study adopts grounded theory to analyze the career development of China’s women leaders. Basing on the theory, this research employs open coding, axial coding, selective coding and theoretical saturation process to analyze how the career growth rule displays. Findings and Conclusion Study results indicated that three rules: 1) Women leaders’ work value and self-efficacy interact with each other. Work value has a positive effect on self-efficacy and and self-efficacy influences choosing work value. The interaction between work value and self-efficacy forms a belief and stimulates the formation of vocational goal and work meanings. 2) Women leaders' work values and self-efficacy could influenc occupational goals, performance and continuance through vocational goals and work meanings. Work values an self-efficacy are internal drives for women leaders to achieve career success. The clearer the professional belief is, the higher self-efficacy is, and individuals will be more likely to achieve career success. 3) The achievements of career achievement, psychological capital and thinking mode in the process of career development have an impact on the professional values and self-efficacy of women leaders. Influenced by common contextual factors, work value and self-efficacy of women leaders are constantly adjusted and updated with the development of their own career, thus affecting their future career choice and vocational behavior.Description
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Lehtonen, Miikka J.Keywords
women leaders, career development, work value, self-efficacy, vocational behavior