Exploring the Kaleidoscope Career Model in Austerity

Abstract

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Rethinking Gender Inequalities in Organizations

“…We must also ask whether it is feasible to suggest that the three issues which are central to the KCM (authenticity, balance and challenge) can truly capture the range of issues which confront women at various times in their lives and which impact on their career decisions. For example, the economic context plays a major role in shaping expectations about what jobs can actually deliver in terms of challenge or balance (Mouratidou et al, 2017), as do shifting ideas about what women should and should not be doing with their lives. Alongside such considerations is the fact that women's career decisions are not shaped only by their needs but by practical exigencies; an issue I explore in Chapters 6 and 7.…”