@article{395c741a859c41aeb429e1c0dadeda6f,
title = "Career development of female managers in retailing: inhibitors and enablers",
abstract = "In the retail industry {"}women are highly visible{"} as employees and customers, but managers are predominantly male [Traves et al., 1997. Service Industries Journal, 17(1), 133-154]. To shed light on this anomaly, this article investigates inhibitors to and enablers of the career development of female managers in retailing in theoretical and empirical terms. The primary work comprises interviews and focus groups in three case companies, exploring career development experiences and practices. The evidence discussed supports the contention that active enabling factors, such as organisational values supporting gender equity and people-centred management styles, are pre-prerequisites for females' career progression.",
keywords = "Career development, Career inhibitors and enablers, Female managers, Gender balance",
author = "G. Maxwell and S. Ogden",
note = "Funding Information: Three case studies of different sizes inform this exploratory paper which is part of an on-going wider research project, supported by the European Social Fund, on gender balance in management. Each case was selected purposively ( Stake, 1995 ) on the key criterion of a demonstrably high number of females in management in their company. A senior contact person in each case was interviewed to verify organisational commitment to females in management before the protocol of data capture was used. The cases comprise: McCormack's Music, a business local to Glasgow, Fopp, which has outlets across Scotland and in the north and midlands of England, and a national department store chain which prefers to remain anonymous (so dubbed Department Store hereafter). These companies, respectively, are small, medium and large enterprises. ",
year = "2006",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1016/j.jretconser.2005.08.010",
language = "English",
volume = "13",
pages = "111--120",
journal = "Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services",
issn = "0969-6989",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
number = "2",
}
