Educational and Professional Trajectories of Women Leaders
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Chestnykh Y.S. Educational and Professional Trajectories of Women Leaders. Interaction. Interview. Interpretation. 2021. Vol. 13. No. 4. P. 47-67. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/inter.2021.13.4.3 (in Russ.).
Abstract
The article analyzes the educational and professional trajectories of women leaders. The study is based on an approach to the educational and professional trajectory as part of the life path. The empirical basis of the study was 20 video interviews published on the website of the news aggregator MediaMetrics, which were conducted as part of programs about women's career success. The intentional characteristics of female successful trajectories are empirically investigated on the basis of narratives. The author uses intent analysis to show how women leaders explain their career paths. As a result of the research, educational and professional scenarios realized by women are formulated, as well as their discursive justifications. Women become leaders due to the implementation of the diachronic educational and qualification scenario of a business idea.
Keywords:
educational and professional trajectory, educational and professional scenario, female leader, intent analysis
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Offermann L.R., Thomas K.T., Lanzo L.A., Smith L.N. (2020) Achieving Leadership and Success: A 28-Year Follow-Up of College Women Leaders. The Leadership Quarterly. Vol. 31. No. 4. Art. 101345. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2019.101345
Oksamitnaya S., Brodskaya S. (2004) Social'nyj klass kak faktor differentsiatsii zhiznennyh shansov [Social Class as a Factor of Differentiation of Life Chances]. Sotsiologiya: teoriya, metody, marketing [Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing]. No. 4. P. 24–42. (In Russ.)
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Popova I.P. (2011) “Povorotnye punkty” v biografii i professional'nye kar'ery specialistov [“Turning Points” in the Biography and Professional Careers of Specialists]. Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. No. 4. P. 81–91. (In Russ.)
Purcell. D., MacArthur K., Samblanet S. (2010) Gender and the Glass Ceiling at Work. Sociology Compass. Vol. 4. No. 9. P. 705–717. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9020.2010.00304.x
Ryan M.K. et al. (2007) Opting out or Pushed off the Edge? The Glass Cliff and the Precariousness of Women’s Leadership Positions. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. Vol. 1. No. 1. P. 266–279. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9004.2007.00007.x
Schein V.E. (1973) The Relationship between Sex Role Stereotypes and Requisite Management Characteristics. Journal of Applied Psychology. Vol. 57. No. 2. P. 95–105. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/h0037128
Stone P. (2007) Opting Out? Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home. Berkeley: University of California Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520941793
Wolf C. (2019) Not Lost in Translation: Managerial Career Narratives and the Construction of Protean Identities. Human Relations. Vol. 72. No. 3. P. 505–533. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0018726718778094
Zhenshchiny i muzhchiny Rossii. 2018 [Women and Men of Russia. 2018] (2020) Statisticheskij sbornik [Statistical Collection]. Moscow: Rosstat. (In Russ.)
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Received: 10.09.2021
Accepted: 26.12.2021
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