The career motivation of female executives in the Hong Kong public sector

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ID19447931
AutoresAlicia S M Leung (Hong Kong Baptist University), Stewart Clegg (0000-0001-6083-4283, University of Technology Sydney), Stewart R Clegg
Año2001
Volumen16
Número1
Páginas12-20
Fecha de publicación2001-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWomen in Management Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0964-9425 • E-ISSN: 1758-7182
EditorialEmerald (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1108/09649420110380247
OpenAlexW1973046649
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas25

Reports a study of female executives (n = 30) working in the public sector in Hong Kong. The research captures a set of organisational practices in transition: from a colonial to a post‐colonial setting, and from a bureaucracy that offered jobs for life to one that offers them on contract terms. The concept of career motivation is explored in the study through three dimensions of career resilience, career insight, and career identity. Overall, younger executives (n = 19) had higher levels of career motivation and were striving to attain additional responsibility and authority in work assignments, while senior executives (n = 11) were concerned with holding on to their previous accomplishments and competence in their occupational role. Moreover, the more ambiguity and uncertainty existing in the government office, the lesser the levels of career motivation. The results and their implications for future studies of career motivation are discussed

Ambiguity · Bureaucracy · Career development · Career management · Economics · Management · Political science · Public relations · Public sector · Sociology · Work motivation · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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