Perceived influence of enable factors on women's career advancement in state-owned enterprises (SOES) of Hunan, China

Ling, Fang (2008) Perceived influence of enable factors on women's career advancement in state-owned enterprises (SOES) of Hunan, China. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

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Abstract

The proliferation of women in the workforce is a world trend. Although women are still underrepresented in the management level in China, there are still some of them can successfully advance into managerial position. The research is about the perceived enable factors associated with women's career advancement in the context of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) at Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan city cluster, in Hunan Province, China. 26 large industrial state-owned enterprises (SOEs) were choosed. Data was collected from 103 respondents and analysed by using SPSS. The final results generated from the study showed that women middle-level mangers in state-owned enterprises (SOEs) perceived moderate career advancement regarding their career so far. It's also revealed that the factors which were perceived by women managers as significant for their career advancement were networking, mentoring, less family commitment, more family support and career aspiration. Out of these five factors, networking, family commitment and career aspiration showed very strong impact on career advancement. The respondents in this study held strong self-confidence in their beliefs.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Keyword:	Women in management, Career advancement, Gender and leadership, State-owned enterprises, Industrial sector
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28-9999 Industries. Land use. Labor > HD4801-8943 Labor. Work. Working class > HD6050-6305 Classes of labor Including women, children, students, middle-aged and older persons, minorities
Department:	SCHOOL > School of Business and Economics
Depositing User:	DG MASNIAH AHMAD -
Date Deposited:	23 Apr 2025 10:18
Last Modified:	23 Apr 2025 10:18
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/43556

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