A Phenomenological Investigation of Career Success Influences among Female IT Professionals

Autor/in	Mootry, Felecia L.
Titel	A Phenomenological Investigation of Career Success Influences among Female IT Professionals
Quelle	(2018), (173 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-4382-0443-0
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Females; Talent; Information Technology; Labor Force; Disproportionate Representation; Phenomenology; Professional Personnel; Leadership; Administrator Attitudes; Barriers; Mentors; Individual Development; Spiritual Development; Social Support Groups; Career Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Weibliches Geschlecht; Begabung; Hochbegabung; Informationstechnologie; Labour force; Arbeitskraft; Erwerbsbevölkerung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Personalbestand; Führung; Führungsposition; Individuelle Entwicklung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Berufsentwicklung
Abstract	Women remain an untapped pool of potential talent for the information technology (IT) workforce. Despite the growing number of women attending college and efforts to increase female representation in the male-dominated field of IT, female representation is minimal. Among women who work in IT, few obtain senior-level leadership positions. As a result, the purpose of this phenomenological study was to report the lived experiences of women in senior-level IT leadership positions, and to identify the barriers and support that impacted their advancement into senior-level leadership positions. Through purposeful sampling, 10 women in senior-level leadership positions in the IT industry were selected to participate in open-ended, semi-structured interviews. NVivo10 was employed to classify the data which was analyzed, and yielded two main emergent themes, Support and Barriers. Under Support, sub-themes identified included mentors, social strategies, education/self-improvement, spirituality, and family. Within Barriers, the following five sub-themes emerged: excessive emotional behavior, gender bias, lack of assistance to female colleagues, compensation, and organizational factors. Results from this research study may provide organizational leaders with a deeper, more comprehensive understanding of the career development of women and catalyze effective organizational constructs that increase the number of women in senior-level leadership positions in IT. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01