Gender, employment and careers in Pakistan

Javed, Sammar; Syed, Jawad; Turner, Royce

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“…Married women, like Dr Sadiqa, prioritize family responsibilities over professional aspirations, while unmarried women face societal pressure to marry and start families (Sarwar & Imran, 2019). Pursuing a career for financial independence and stability also plays a crucial role in career decision-making with women often feel compelled to prioritize careers offering stability for their families (Javed et al, 2018). Balancing personal aspirations, societal expectations and family responsibilities pose career challenges for women professionals in Pakistan, influencing their career choices and progression (Javed et al, 2018; Sarwar & Imran, 2019).…”

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“…Pursuing a career for financial independence and stability also plays a crucial role in career decision-making with women often feel compelled to prioritize careers offering stability for their families (Javed et al, 2018). Balancing personal aspirations, societal expectations and family responsibilities pose career challenges for women professionals in Pakistan, influencing their career choices and progression (Javed et al, 2018; Sarwar & Imran, 2019). Dr Sadiqa’s career narrative reflects the demanding nature of the medical field and the struggles women may encounter in pursuit of their medical careers in Pakistan.…”

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“…The integration of the STFCD offers insights into the complex interplay of various systems, such as family, education, healthcare institutions and societal expectations, in shaping women's career choices and trajectories (Noorani & Shakir, 2021). Additionally, the narrative approach deepens the theoretical understanding by recognizing the importance of personal experiences and aspirations in career decision-making for women medical professionals (Javed et al, 2018). Understanding the individual stories and aspirations of women professionals can inform the development of career development strategies that align with their values and goals.…”

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Exploring Career Construction: A Single Narrative Case Study Guided by the Systems Theory Framework of Career Development (STFCD)

Zubair,

Moazzam

2024

South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases

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This narrative case study explores the career story of a single female medical professional in Pakistan and how the integration of the systems theory framework of career development (STFCD), the narrative approach and a constructivist worldview can help individuals in constructing or shaping careers within the unique Pakistani context. The study uses case study and narrative inquiry as merged methodological framework. Through conversational interviews and document analysis of the participant, the study examines the participant’s career experiences, choices and meaning-making processes. The findings shed light on the influence of various systems (individual, social and contextual) on the participant’s career trajectory, the construction of her career narrative and her active role in career decision-making. Additionally, these insights can inform how STFCD can help construct a person’s career journey. The career issues highlighted in the narrative of the participant may not be attributable to all women working in the same field or may be in commonality with other women regardless of their profession. Overall, this study contributes to a deeper understanding of career construction using STFCD in the Pakistani context and offers theoretical implications for women career development using a narrative approach.

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Exploring Career Construction: A Single Narrative Case Study Guided by the Systems Theory Framework of Career Development (STFCD)

Zubair,

Moazzam

2024

South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases

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“…The analytical focus of the current study is on informal networks as they can be the most influential in individuals' lives through regular interaction. Thus, Pakistan as the country represents the patriarchal society, and there is a greater gender imbalance in Pakistan's labor market (Javed, Syed & Turner, 2018). Women also lack their presence in key leadership positions.…”

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Gendered Social Capital Guiding Women Career Planning: A Quantitative study at University of the Punjab

Sohail¹,

Inam-ul-Haq²,

Shoaib³

2021

Progressive Research Journal of Arts & Humanities

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Social capital is manifested through the relationships and networks that the human species own. Further, it is strengthened with trust and reciprocity. It inculcates the value of helping each other based on the principle of ‘Mutually Beneficial Actions’. Various actors and agents play their roles in producing the social capital, yet women play the most vital role in its production due to their domestic chores, more frequent engagement with family and neighborhood. Thus, it is an essential to know that if she takes an equivalent benefit from the social capital. The primary objective of the present research determines out the role of social capital in women’s career planning. The informal social networks, family, friends, and neighborhood are selected to the social capital. In the meantime, 150 female respondents from the University of the Punjab were selected using the non-probability convenience sampling technique from the final year of the Masters and Bachelors program. The findings of the study showed as the positive relation of social capital with career planning.

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Gendered Narratives and Linguistic Force Dynamics: Influencing Career Paths of Women

Iqbal

García

2020

JISR-MSSE

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This paper examines the career choice narratives and their possible impact on female adolescents’ career constructs and academic aspirations in the Kasur district. The study presumes that narratives, integrated with socio-economic factors have the potential to influence career trajectories of female youth. Considering language structure as central to the system of interaction (Giddens, 1986), it takes Cognitive linguistic approach to CDA (Hart, 2014) and analyses how linguistic force-interactive patterns can influence female students’ career self-efficacy beliefs, outcome expectations and goals. The results reveal that social actors, with their linguistic choices, become a source of enablement or dissuasion for females’ career path. The research allowed young women to voice their feelings and remove barriers to better understanding their academic/professional competence; the findings are helpful to contextualize career guiding discourse

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Gender, employment and careers in Pakistan

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Exploring Career Construction: A Single Narrative Case Study Guided by the Systems Theory Framework of Career Development (STFCD)

Exploring Career Construction: A Single Narrative Case Study Guided by the Systems Theory Framework of Career Development (STFCD)

Gendered Social Capital Guiding Women Career Planning: A Quantitative study at University of the Punjab

Gendered Narratives and Linguistic Force Dynamics: Influencing Career Paths of Women

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