TY  - JOUR
AB  - A study conducted to investigate the aspirations and expectations
women managers hold for achieving senior positions is described. The
subjects were employed in various departments of a public sector
organisation and investigated by the use of biographical interviews. It
was found that individuals aspired to achieve higher level posts than
they expected, and that many had entered a career in the public sector
by default, having received little or poor career advice. Drawing on
research conducted elsewhere describing career choice mechanisms, it is
argued that a combination of work motivation, structure of opportunity,
sex role socialisation and expectations contributes to selflimitation in
women’s career decisions. This process leads subsequently to further
downgrading of expectations in a reinforcing cycle. It is suggested that
by altering expectations (along with confronting socialisation and
structure of opportunity, which is a more common approach) it may be
possible to reduce self‐limitation.
VL  - 20
IS  - 1
SN  - 0048-3486
DO  - 10.1108/00483489110002622
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/00483489110002622
AU  - Wilson Pauline
PY  - 1991
Y1  - 1991/01/01
TI  - Women Employees and Senior Management
T2  - Personnel Review
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 32
EP  - 36
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -