Quiet ambition

This chapter shows that many young women are as ambitious for career success as men in the early stages of their career. However, young women quickly lose faith that success will be achievable. Several reasons are given for this, including the effect on careers of parenthood, issues with self-confidence and lack of fit with the dominant culture of the workplace. The research illustrates that these mothers often acted as career mentors by talking through their daughters' experiences at work, helping them to acquire useful skills, and therefore bolstering their daughters' confidence. The daughters characterised their mothers' careers as successful. However, the daughters also described this success as a by-product of hard work and work done well. This is indicative of the finding that the mothers in this study tended to underplay or not talk at all about their career successes.

Career Competencies And Career Success Of Thai Employees In Tourism And Hospitality Sector

This research assesses the relationship between career competencies and career success of Thai employees in the tourism and hospitality sector. The authors distinguished and operationalized four career competencies, i.e. computer and language skills, work spirits and ethics, team working and leadership, and tourism and hospitality knowledge and skills, and two career successes, i.e. objective and subjective career successes. A quantitative study was performed using 800 employees in four industries, i.e. restaurant, hotel, travel and tour operation, and airline business. Pearson correlation and regression analyses were used to analyze data. The results indicate that career competencies have moderately positive relation with career success. Furthermore, three career competencies, i.e. computer and language skills, team work and leadership, and tourism and hospitality knowledge and skills have effect on career success. The results are discussed with respect to facilitate organizations training programs, which enhance employees career success.