A lifetime in the workplace: Continuity and change in image management of working women in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caren S. Oberg ◽  
Marilyn DeLong ◽  
Barbara Heinemann
Keyword(s):  
Identity Management ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Professional Women ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Twin Cities ◽  
Career Stage ◽  
Art Practice ◽  
Career Women ◽  
Continuity And Change

Professional women engage with individual and social issues of ageing, appearance and identity throughout their lives. The challenges professional women have faced since the 1970s have changed as to how they view themselves in new and varied contemporary careers and their perceptions of how others view them. Eleven career women in the Twin Cities, MN, were interviewed about how they managed their appearances throughout their careers. Responses were organized into groups built around the women’s early career narratives – 20s–30s, mid-career narratives – 40s–60s, late and post-career narratives – 70s–90s. We found that these women consciously thought about the meaning and impact of work and their work wardrobe as they passed through each career stage, especially in terms of impression and identity management. We learned through the stories they told how the art, practice and meaning around dressing for work changed over time – with both continuity and change in their expressed outcomes.

Role Strain and Psychological Distress in Late Career Mothers

1998 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
Angela Gill ◽  
Juanita Muller
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Adult Development ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Role Strain ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Role Overload ◽  
Career Stage ◽  
Career Women ◽  
Australian Bureau Of Statistics ◽  
Career Mothers

Balancing a career and family is difficult for mothers of young children. The cumulative demands of multiple roles can result in role strain (i.e. role overload, interference from work to family, and interference from family to work) and psychological distress as measured by the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12). One strategy used by women to overcome such difficulties is to delay having children until their careers are established. Recent Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS; 1997) reflect this trend. Research by Higgins, Duxbury and Lee (1994) has suggested, contrary to previously held views, that late career women who are at peak visibility in their work roles, and who are also having children at this time, are at greater risk of role strain and psychological distress than early career mothers. The aim of this study is to examine work to family interference, family to work interference, role overload and psychological distress in early and late career mothers with pre-school aged children. Early and late career stages are defined using Levinson's (1986) model of adult development. Participants were 75 women with children aged 6 years and younger, sampled from 12 local day care centres, who completed a brief questionnaire examining role strain, psychological distress and career stage. The findings reported in this study found that late career mothers experience greater role strain and psychological distress than early career mothers.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial women’s cognitive ambidexterity: Career and cultural influences

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J.de Villiers Scheepers ◽  
C. Boshoff ◽  
M. Oostenbrink
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Career Stage ◽  
Career Women ◽  
Relationship Skills ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
Diverse Society ◽  
Entrepreneurial Decision ◽  
Causal Logic

The purpose of this study was to examine how women’s career stage and Ubuntu (collectivist) values relate to their cognitive ambidexterity when pursuing entrepreneurial initiatives in multicultural South Africa. In this study individual cognitive ambidexterity was operationalised as using effectual and causal logic. More than three hundred businesswomen from diverse backgrounds were surveyed. The results revealed that career stage, self-efficacy and Ubuntu collectivism are important in women’s ambidexterity. Mature, efficacious women in their late career stage draw on their diverse networks and use effectual affordable loss, flexibility and causation when pursuing entrepreneurial initiatives. In contrast, younger, early-career women are more likely to use pre-commitment to ensure support from stakeholders. Women with Ubuntu values use their relationship skills to draw on resources from their networks and use ambidexterity (effectual and causal logic) in their entrepreneurial endeavours.The findings suggest that entrepreneurial women who develop their cognitive ambidexterity and draw on both effectual and causal approaches when initiating entrepreneurial initiatives are more likely to experience successful outcomes. These mental approaches can be developed by means of awareness, training and mentoring. This study extends the literature on women’s entrepreneurial decision-making in a culturally diverse society, demonstrating the influence of cultural values and career stage on effectual and causal logic.

scholarly journals Cross-Center Virtual Education Fellowship Program for Early-Career Researchers in Atrial Fibrillation

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinuola B. Ajayi ◽  
Christy D. Remein ◽  
Randall S. Stafford ◽  
Angela Fagerlin ◽  
Mina K. Chung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Grant Writing ◽  
Career Stage ◽  
Fellowship Program ◽  
Pedagogical Model ◽  
Grant Applications

Background: It is estimated that over 46 million individuals have atrial fibrillation (AF) worldwide, and the incidence and prevalence of AF are increasing globally. There is an urgent need to accelerate the academic development of scientists possessing the skills to conduct innovative, collaborative AF research. Methods: We designed and implemented a virtual AF Strategically Focused Research Network Cross-Center Fellowship program to enhance the competencies of early-stage AF basic, clinical, and population health researchers through experiential education and mentorship. The pedagogical model involves significant cross-center collaboration to produce a curriculum focused on enhancing AF scientific competencies, fostering career/professional development, and cultivating grant writing skills. Outcomes for success involve clear expectations for fellows to produce manuscripts, presentations, and—for those at the appropriate career stage–grant applications. We evaluated the effectiveness of the fellowship model via mixed methods formative and summative surveys. Results: In 2 years of the fellowship, fellows generally achieved the productivity metrics sought by our pedagogical model, with outcomes for the 12 fellows including 50 AF-related manuscripts, 7 publications, 28 presentations, and 3 grant awards applications. Participant evaluations reported that the fellowship effectively met its educational objectives. All fellows reported medium to high satisfaction with the overall fellowship, webinar content and facilitation, staff communication and support, and program organization. Conclusions: The fellowship model represents an innovative educational strategy by providing a virtual AF training and mentoring curriculum for early-career basic, clinical, and population health scientists working across multiple institutions, which is particularly valuable in the pandemic era.

Does gender really matter? A closer look at early career women in construction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Rita Peihua Zhang ◽  
Sarah Holdsworth ◽  
Michelle Turner ◽  
Mary Myla Andamon
Keyword(s):  
Early Career ◽  
Career Women

The crucible of early career psychiatry

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-248
Author(s):  
Lillian Ng ◽  
Richard Steane ◽  
Natalie Scollay ◽  
Stephen Harris ◽  
Jasminka Milosevic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Collective Learning ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Role Transition ◽  
Career Stage ◽  
Career Trajectory ◽  
Consultant Psychiatrist ◽  
Deep Impact ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Written Reflection

Objective: To capture the voices of psychiatrists as they reflect on challenges at the early stages of the career trajectory. Method: Early career psychiatrists contributed reflections that identified various challenges in the transition from trainee to consultant psychiatrist. Results: Common difficulties included negotiating role transition and conflict. Specific events had deep impact such as involvement with a patient who had committed suicide. Conclusions: Challenges in the early career stage as a consultant psychiatrist may have lasting or career defining impact. Written reflection is a valuable tool that can impart collective learning, provide validation and engender support among peers.

scholarly journals The Difference Between Professionalism and Professional Women

1970 ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Randa Abul-Husn
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Professional Women ◽  
Career Women ◽  
The World ◽  
The Difference

I don't know what it is about career women, in Lebanon, the Arab world and all over the world in short. Their male colleagues either overrate or underrate them. They themselves do the same and in the same manner. There are the militant career women who will confront the odds.

CEO career concerns and expectations management

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-289
Author(s):  
Elio Alfonso ◽  
Li-Zheng Brooks ◽  
Andrey Simonov ◽  
Joseph H. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Career Concerns ◽  
Career Stages ◽  
Career Stage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Expectations Management ◽  
Reputational Capital ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of career concerns on CEOs’ use of expectations management to meet or beat analysts’ quarterly earnings forecasts. The authors posit that early career-stage CEOs are less (more) likely to use expectations management than are late career-stage CEOs if the market views expectations management as an opportunistic strategy (efficient process) due to reputational capital concerns. Design/methodology/approach The authors obtain data for CEO career stages and CEO compensation from ExecuComp, analyst earnings forecasts from the detailed I/B/E/S database, financial statement data from quarterly Compustat and stock returns from the daily CRSP database over the period 1992–2013. Findings The results are consistent with the opportunistic hypothesis and early-stage CEOs seeking to build reputational capital by avoiding the perception of engaging in an inefficient managerial strategy. The authors find robust evidence that late career-stage CEOs are more likely to engage in expectations management than early career-stage CEOs. Furthermore, the authors show that late career-stage CEOs tend to employ expectations management to boost the value of their equity-based compensation. Research limitations/implications The findings have important implications because the authors document a different implication of the “horizon problem” related to CEOs’ opportunistic forecasting behavior and the manipulation of analysts’ forecasts for CEOs who are approaching retirement. Practical implications The results have practical implications for analysts who provide earnings forecasts for firms whose CEOs are in early or late career stages and for investors who use such analysts’ forecasts in firm valuation models. Originality/value The authors contribute to the literature on expectations management by documenting how reputational incentives of CEOs affect the likelihood that managers engage in expectations management. The authors show that an important managerial incentive to engage in expectations management is CEO career concerns. Furthermore, the authors show that CEOs who are in early stages of their careers choose not to engage in expectations management due to the market’s perceived degree of opportunism pertaining to this strategy.

Long-Term Impact of Economic Conditions on Auditors' Judgment

2018 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 203-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianjie He ◽  
S. P. Kothari ◽  
Tusheng Xiao ◽  
Luo Zuo
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Formative Period ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Career Stage ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Economic Downturns ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
Jel Classifications

ABSTRACT We find that economic conditions at the time an auditor enters the labor market have a long-term impact on her judgment and decision making. Specifically, engagement partners who started their career during economic downturns issue audit adjustments more frequently. For the subsample of company-years with no audit adjustments, downturn auditors are more likely to issue a modified audit opinion. In addition, companies audited by downturn auditors are less likely to violate financial reporting and disclosure regulations. Together, our findings suggest that the early career stage is a critical formative period for auditors. JEL Classifications: J24; M42.

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