Returning to IT: Employment and Development after a Career Break in the United Kingdom

Panteli, Niki

doi:10.1080/10301763.2006.10669334

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“…The researcher acted as one of the academic partners to the programme, initially undertaking research to understand women returners' needs (see Panteli, 2006) and thereafter having the role of an internal evaluator of the schemes introduced. Within this capacity, it was possible to collect both primary data directly from beneficiaries and organisers, as well as secondary data about the schemes, which were collected by other partners and which also aimed to capture beneficiaries' experiences.…”

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A community of practice view of intervention programmes: the case of women returning to IT

Panteli

2012

Information Systems Journal

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The study presents an intervention programme for women returning to the information technology (IT) industry following a career break. This is interpreted through the lens of the community of practice perspective. The longitudinal nature of the case study offered opportunities for in‐depth investigation of participants' experience and development during the process. Using this datum, a mid‐level analytical approach is adopted. It is found that learning about the path to return to IT emerged regardless of the degree of participation in the intervention programme, and this was supported by the diversity and integration embedded in this programme. The implications of the findings for our understanding of intervention programmes are discussed.

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“…Career breaks have been found to restrict career development (Procter & Padfield, 1999; Hunter, 2006; Panteli, 2006). Research also showed that career breaks are more imposing on career development the less durable the knowledge one has (McDowell, 1982).…”

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A community of practice view of intervention programmes: the case of women returning to IT

Panteli

2012

Information Systems Journal

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“…Similarly, other employer kite mark schemes and initiatives have supported employers concerned with retaining their women employees. However, interventions to support women who have had a career break are usually short lived (Phipps 2008;Panteli 2006;Mavriplis et al 2009;Herman et al 2011), and current UK government policy looks unlikely to devote any public spending on this target group.…”

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“…A particular concern has been on the large numbers of qualified women who leave SET careers and those who fail to return after taking a career break (People Science Policy. 2002;Hewlett et al, 2008;Herman and Webster 2010;Panteli 2006;Mavriplis et al 2010). In the case of women who remain employed (ie coming back from short maternity breaks) there are a number of strategies deployed to combine care and career (Herman, Lewis and Humbert 2012), and employers are increasingly seeking to develop on-ramping strategies (Hewlett.…”

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Returning to STEM: gendered factors affecting employability for mature women students

Herman

2014

Journal of Education and Work

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This paper adds to current discourses around employability by arguing for an explicit recognition of gender, in particular in relation to women's employment in male dominated sectors such as science, engineering and technology (SET). This is not limited to young first time graduates but continues and evolves throughout the lifecourse. Mature women students, who are returning after career breaks, face a number of barriers in re-entering such employment sectors. Drawing on data from a longitudinal study of women graduates in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM), who participated in a UK government funded online programme aimed at supporting them to return to work, the paper examines three gendered factors identified as being of particular influence on outcomes -gender role normativity, locality and mobility and structural and institutional barriers. The paper concludes by identifying strategies deployed by those that successfully returned to employment, including re-training, networking and doing unpaid or low paid work.

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“…and hence that the CM(f) will continue to look particularly for work relating to computer skills where there is more flexibility. Other reported research says that females prefer to work at bigger ICT firms and to firms who need IT skills but whose core business is not ICT as working conditions are more flexible there [15].…”

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Changing career choice factors as the economic environment changes

Alexander

Twinomurinzi

2012

Proceedings of the South African Institute for Computer Scientists and Information Technologists Conference

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This paper reports on a longitudinal study carried out amongst students at one South African university over three years. The research identifies changes in perceptions regarding the factors that these students consider important in choosing a career and pays attention to four groups, namely female non-computing major students, male non-computing major students, female computing major students and male computing major students. Interest in the subject remains the most important factor. Major changes were identified regarding how important self-efficacy is considered to be and the importance of career progress. Another important finding is that male computing major students appear to be totally re-evaluating their beliefs regarding what is important in choosing a career. The third finding relates specifically to changes regarding self confidence in using computer technology amongst male students regardless of whether they are intending on taking computing and non-computing third year courses.

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Returning to IT: Employment and Development after a Career Break in the United Kingdom

Cited by 11 publications

References 15 publications

A community of practice view of intervention programmes: the case of women returning to IT

A community of practice view of intervention programmes: the case of women returning to IT

Returning to STEM: gendered factors affecting employability for mature women students

Changing career choice factors as the economic environment changes

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