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dc.contributor.authorElley-Brown, MJ
dc.contributor.authorPringle, JK
dc.contributor.authorHarris, C
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-29T12:30:49Z
dc.date.available2019-06-29T12:30:49Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn2200-6974
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1038416217705703
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/381504
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports on findings of an interpretive study, which used the Kaleidoscope Career Model as lens through which to view the careers of professional women in education. The study used hermeneutic phenomenology, a methodology novel in management and career management to gain a subjective perspective on women’s career experience and what career means to them at different career stages. Findings indicated that women did not “opt-out,” or adopt a clear-cut gender beta career pattern. Rather, they mirrored an alpha pattern with challenge continuing into mid-career. The three Kaleidoscope Career Model parameters operated in an ongoing way in women’s lives, and authenticity was a powerful theme throughout their careers. However, women in late career tended to “lean back”; their desire for authenticity became subjugated by their need for balance. These findings add to extant Kaleidoscope Career Model research and reveal factors, which contribute to women’s ability to “opt-in” rather than out of their careers.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom172
dc.relation.ispartofpageto180
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Journal of Career Development
dc.relation.ispartofvolume27
dc.subject.fieldofresearchGender studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist studies in education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4405
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3904
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleWomen opting in?: New perspectives on the Kaleidoscope Career Model
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPringle, Judith


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