Career capital and the MBA: how gender capital supports career capital development

Houldsworth, Elizabeth; Jones, Karen; McBain, Richard; Brewster, Chris

doi:10.1080/03075079.2022.2134333

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“…(2019) and St Clair-Thompso and Chivers (2019) that students studying business and social science degrees can increase human capital and employability by undertaking placements. They also show that labour market experience for women undergraduate students can increase competencies, as previously shown in women MBA students (Houldsworth et al ., 2023). The findings suggest that concerns around the increased vulnerability of studying a social science degree for the university-work transition may be overstated (Gachino and Worku, 2019; Monteiro et al ., 2020), providing students undertake a placement.…”

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“…The findings align with the views of Donald et al ( 2019) and St-Clair-Thompso and Chivers (2019) that students studying business and social science degrees can increase human capital and employability by undertaking placements. They also show that labour market experience for women undergraduate students can increase competencies, as previously shown in women MBA students (Houldsworth et al, 2023).…”

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Exploring the impact of an industrial placement year on students' competency development: a three-cohort, longitudinal study

Hughes

Mouratidou

Donald

2023

HESWBL

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PurposeDrawing on human capital theory and sustainable career theory, this paper aims to explore the impact of undertaking an industrial placement on the “Great Eight” competencies as perceived by university students and line managers.Design/methodology/approach618 students and their line managers across three cohorts (pre-COVID-19) took part in a longitudinal quantitative study. Students completed a three-wave questionnaire at the placement's start, middle, and end. Line managers completed the questionnaire during waves two and three to offer 360-degree feedback. Descriptive statistics and repeated measures ANOVA were applied to the dataset.FindingsThe impacts of undertaking a placement were highly variable for different competencies at the sub-scale level, although at the eight-scale level, the nuance was less pronounced. However, students self-perceived that all eight competencies increased between the start and end of the placement. Surprisingly, line managers perceived students' competencies to be higher than perceived by the students.Originality/valueThe value of undertaking a placement is often poorly measured (e.g. satisfaction) rather than competency-based outcomes, which can lead to conclusions that are overly simplistic and difficult to use in practice. Theoretically, this study advances understanding of human capital theory and sustainable career theory by understanding the role placements can play in developing human capital and preparing university students for sustainable careers. Practically, the findings of this study can help to close the university–industry skills gap by informing curriculum and placement scheme design and supporting students to acquire personal resources and signal these to prospective employers as an antecedent to career sustainability.

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Exploring the impact of an industrial placement year on students' competency development: a three-cohort, longitudinal study

Hughes

Mouratidou

Donald

2023

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“…Tymczasem często spotyka się pogląd, że kobiety są powstrzymywane w swoich wysiłkach na rzecz osiągnięcia awansu kariery (np. Houldsworth, Jones, McBain, Brewster, 2023, Ortiz-Ospina, Roser, 2018. Także badane kobiety zajmujące stanowiska menedżerskie w sektorze małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw (MŚP) wskazują, że ich aktualne stanowiska pracy są nie zgodne z ich wizją kariery zawodowej (tab.…”

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The capital of women's managerial careers in small and medium-sized enterprises

Rzepka,

Dzieńdziora,

Smolarek

et al. 2023

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Cel pracyCelem artykułu jest przedstawienie problematyki kapitału kariery menedżerskiej kobiet w małych i średnich przedsiębiorstwach.Materiał i metodyKapitał kariery menedżerskiej kobiet przedstawiony został w kontekście małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw. Sformułowano następujące pytania badawcze: 1. Jakie rodzaje kapitału kariery mają znaczenie dla rozwoju kariery menedżerskiej kobiet?, 2. Jakie czynniki wpływają na osiąganie sukcesów w pracy zawodowej kobiecej kadry menedżerskiej? 3. Jakie są kluczowe kompetencje kobiet pełniących funkcje menedżerskie? Badanie zostało zrealizowane metodą sondażu diagnostycznego, techniką ankiety w środowisku kobiet zatrudnionych na stanowiskach menedżerskich w polskich MŚP. Próba badawcza stanowiła N=742 respondentów. Artykuł oparty jest na studiach literaturowych, zarówno krajowych, jak i międzynarodowych. Systematyczny przegląd literatury służył doprecyzowaniu luki poznawczej. Następnie przeprowadzono badanie własne z wykorzystaniem metody sondażu diagnostycznego.WynikiSukces zawodowy dla badanych kobiet łączy się z podnoszeniem kwalifikacji, równowagą pomiędzy wszystkimi sferami życia, uznaniem w grupie zawodowej, samorealizacją i skutecznością w działaniu. Jest on trudniejszy do osiągnięcia w przypadku kobiet niż mężczyzn, co jest wynikiem braku równych szans rozwoju zawodowego i takich samych perspektyw awansu w przypadku kobiet i mężczyzn na stanowiskach menedżerskich.WnioskiW wyniku krytycznej analizy literatury krajowej i międzynarodowej oraz badań własnych sformułowano następujące wnioski: kobiety są świadome, że kapitał edukacyjny, który determinował dotychczasową karierę zawodową nie gwarantuje dalszego sukcesu ich kariery menedżerskiej i należy go ciągle gromadzić i odnawiać, podobnie jak pozostałe formy kapitału kariery.

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“…Huppatz[8]는 여성이 자본을 축적할 수 있다고 강조하며, 젠더 기반한 자본과 그것의 변형은 여성성과 관련된 성향이나 기술에서 비롯될 수 있다고 하였다. 젠더 자본 개념이 여성을 친절하고, 배려하고 의사소통하고, 표현하는 것으로 보는 고정관념적인 관점이 말하듯이, 그것들은 여성에게 보편적인 형태의 자본을 제공하기도 한다[9] 이에 젠더 기반 역량에 대한 접근이 진로자본 개발을 위해 중요하게 제시되었다[10].따라서 공학교육은 공학계 여대생의 젠더 기반 역량 강화를 위해 교육내용과 방법을 끊임없이 개발해야 하므로 이와 관련하여 역량 개발 요인에 대한 탐색의 필요성이 제기된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 젠더 기반 역량 관련하여 진로자본을 활용하고자 한다.…”

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Development of a Career Capital Accumulation Model for Female Engineering College Students Based on Gender

Kang

2023

APJCRI

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The purpose of this study is to develop a gender-based career capital accumulation model for engineering female college students. The developed model was revised and supplemented through the expert validity test and finally completed. As a result of literature and case analysis, it was suggested that career capital can be developed through the learning process, master process, and interaction process based on gender-based competencies (reflection, emotion, caring, relationship skills, and communication). Career capital consists of knowing-why, knowing-how, and knowing-whom. The knowing-why derived from this study are self-awareness, engineering interest, engineering vision, and efficacy, and the knowing-how is composed of major application ability, foreign language ability, engineering skill, and major experience, and the knowing-whom is composed of role model, mentoring, sense of community, and networking. This study model showed that career capital can be developed based on gender-based competencies, and career capital accumulation can be achieved by securing confidence, engineering knowledge, and support in the career capital development stage. Based on the model developed in this study, implications and suggestions for follow-up studies were discussed, and the results of this study can be used as useful basic data for the development of career capital accumulation programs for gender-based engineering female college students.

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Career capital and the MBA: how gender capital supports career capital development

Cited by 4 publications

References 89 publications

Exploring the impact of an industrial placement year on students' competency development: a three-cohort, longitudinal study

Exploring the impact of an industrial placement year on students' competency development: a three-cohort, longitudinal study

The capital of women's managerial careers in small and medium-sized enterprises

Development of a Career Capital Accumulation Model for Female Engineering College Students Based on Gender

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