Professional success and satisfaction in the career development: Gender patterns
Gender patterns
Abstract
In this paper a series of variables related to the profesional development of Young and adult workers are studied from a gender perspective. We analyze the perceptions of working women and men regarding the subjective professional success of their careers, within the Spanish context, attending to the satisfaction and identification of gender patterns. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies are combined (mixed approach), using a questionnaire to a sample of 205 workers as well as interviews with a subsample of 32 individuals. The results enable us to describe a marked duality in the perception of career progression, job satisfaction and achievement expectations, in relation to gender, but also with age. The barriers perceived in professional development also present differentiated patterns. Practical implications are derived with a view to improve career guidance strategies for working women and men, taking into account this reality.
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