Confronting Paradox: Exploring Mentoring Relationships as a Catalyst for Understanding the Strength and Resilience of Professional Indian Women

Blake‐Beard, Stacy

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“…Across the existing studies, organisational support has been emphasised in nurturing, harnessing, developing and sustaining the organisational human capital, their career aspirations, as well as the enactment and realisation of employee’s career goals (Allen et al, 2016). The support from an organisation is widely believed to be vital in shaping the environment in which an individual’s dreams and aspirations are put to test (Blake-Beard, 2015).…”

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Contextual Support and Career Aspirations of Working Women

Kang

Kaur²

2020

South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management

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The purpose of this article was to investigate the impact of career-related support in work and non-work domains on the aspirations of women for progression in career. Using multistage sampling technique, the data were collected from 438 female employees working in private sector banks and insurance companies in Punjab, a state in north India. AMOS-based structural equation modelling was performed, and the results revealed that family/spousal support in non-work domain and supervisory and organisational support in work domain significantly predicted the career aspirations of working women, whereas the impact of collegial support was not observed. Supervisor support was found to be the most significant source of support followed by family/spousal support and then organisational support. The present study is a pioneer work, which has empirically examined the role of various forms of contextual supports in work and non-work domains in determining the desired aspirations of working women in India. The study proposes that collective efforts on the part of women themselves, their families, supervisors, colleagues and organisations are required to enhance working women’s propensity to aspire and realise their aspirations for advancement in career.

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Section: Theoretical Background and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

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Contextual Support and Career Aspirations of Working Women

Kang

Kaur²

2020

South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management

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“…Being a professional (Blake‐Beard, 2015, pp. 31–33), the respondent is expected by her employers to be sincere, hardworking, and to epitomize the enterprising self 2 who works in today's liquid modern environment (Bauman, 2011) where none can be sure.…”

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Lockdown & me …!! Reflections of working women during the lockdown in Vadodara, Gujarat‐Western India

Venkataraman

Anjali

2020

Gender Work & Organization

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This qualitative study reminisces about the experiences of working women in Vadodara during the lockdown from April to May 2020. It articulates their voices of how they understood themselves during the lockdown and relates their ongoing internal dialogue to the larger conversation on what it means to be a woman in the feminist, gender studies, and in the sociology of work literature. Indian women operate within an intersectional space between Western individualism and persistent patriarchal traditional gendered roles. Their sense of who and what they are, arises through their performative acts of their many roles as daughters, wives, mothers, and daughters-in-law. Therefore, their context becomes essential in understanding their lived experiences. Every woman in this study played multifaceted roles during the lockdown, which was not acknowledged by others around them thereby making them feel undervalued. The existential question of who and what am I, which was always in the background, now screamed in their mind. Loneliness and emotional turmoil grew in them, as the interactions within and beyond the house became indifferent, infrequent, and recreative opportunities receded. Work and childcare pressures were harsh on their time and emotions. The fear of getting infected in an earmarked COVID-19 hotspot wasThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution -NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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“…Employees expect not only procedural support but also effective support from their boss. Manager support arises as a critical element while studying about employees OF in India (Beard, 2015). Managers and peers are the key persons for providing assistance with work and personal matters (Ballout, 2008).…”

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An Empirical Study on Impact of Work/Family Conflict on Occupational Future of IT Employees

Karlapudi

2022

International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals

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Introduction: In recent years, with the increase in growth of Information Technology (IT) companies and diversified workforce, there is an increased research on Work\family conflict and occupational future. Objective: The objective is to study about the work\family conflict relation with occupational future with the effect of environmental support (support from organization and family) as moderator. Methodology: The data is gathered from 392 Information Technology employees working in different Information Technology companies in India. The data is analyzed with hierarchical regression and correlation Results: The outcomes of the study divulged a positive relation between work\family conflict and occupational future. And also, the results showed that every environmental item does not moderate between work family conflict and occupational future. Conclusion: Therefore work and occupational future is significant for the existence of IT industry, provide practical awareness of employee welfare and improve balanced life which might differ under certain specific conditions.

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Confronting Paradox: Exploring Mentoring Relationships as a Catalyst for Understanding the Strength and Resilience of Professional Indian Women

Cited by 6 publications

References 19 publications

Contextual Support and Career Aspirations of Working Women

Contextual Support and Career Aspirations of Working Women

Lockdown & me …!! Reflections of working women during the lockdown in Vadodara, Gujarat‐Western India

An Empirical Study on Impact of Work/Family Conflict on Occupational Future of IT Employees

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