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Career Paths in Traditional Women's Jobs: A Comparison of Secretarial Promotion Prospects in England, France and Germany.

Truss, Catherine, Goffee, Robert, Jones, Gareth J.F. (1992) Career Paths in Traditional Women's Jobs: A Comparison of Secretarial Promotion Prospects in England, France and Germany. Women in Management Review, 7 (5). pp. 9-15. ISSN 0964-9425. (doi:10.1108/09649429210016133) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:25699)

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Abstract

It has been argued that gender segregation within the labour market leads to women being overrepresented in a narrow range of jobs that offer limited promotion prospects. Presents the results of a questionnaire and interview study of women working in one such occupation, secretarial work, in England, France and Germany, and in the sectors of management consultancy and publishing. The results confirmed that secretaries in all three countries experience poor and unsystematic promotion prospects, despite the fact that many secretaries aspire to leave secretarial work. Sectoral differences are not as great as had been anticipated, and barriers to promotion were found to be especially acute in France and Germany. Promotion within secretarial work itself is shown to lack real value, and the implications of this for organizations are discussed.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1108/09649429210016133
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Kent Business School (do not use)
Depositing User: J. Ziya
Date Deposited: 30 Sep 2010 15:22 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:04 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/25699 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Truss, Catherine.

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