The formative role of contextual hardships in women's career calling

Afiouni, Fida; Karam, Charlotte M.

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2019.02.008

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“…Second, despite this liberal stance, Lebanese women suffer from the patriarchy of their culture, strictly defined gender roles and gender discrimination (Tlaiss, 2019). The influence of the patriarchy within Lebanese society and the masculinity of its culture continues to be a recurring theme in terms of its negative impact on the overall status of Lebanese women, including their entrepreneurial activity (Tlaiss and Kauser, 2019), as well as overall economic and political participation (Afiouni and Karam, 2019). For example, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index (2019), which documents patriarchal influences, Lebanon hosts one of the world's highest overall gender gaps as it ranks 145th out of 153 countries, thus highlighting the disadvantaged status of Lebanese women in comparison to men in terms of their economic and political participation.…”

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Islam, Arab women's entrepreneurship and the construal of success

Tlaiss

McAdam

2021

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PurposeThe aim of this paper is to explore how Arab Muslim women entrepreneurs construe success, their identity as successful and the influence of Islam on these construals in the country-specific context of Lebanon.Design/methodology/approachTo achieve our aim, a qualitative interpretative methodology, drawing upon 25 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with Muslim women entrepreneurs was adopted.FindingsEquipped with Islamic feminism, Arab women entrepreneurs experienced Islam as a malleable resource. Islam allowed them to construe success and their identity as successful at the juncture of their lived experiences as business owners, Muslims of good character and standing and Arab females. Ultimately, Islam unfolded as a dynamic religion that supports women's agency in a landscape dominated by deeply entrenched patriarchal societal and cultural norms and gender-based restrictions.Originality/valueFirst, we contribute to research on the effect of Islam on entrepreneurship by demonstrating the influence of Islam on women's identity construction as successful and their construals of success. Second, we contribute to research on how entrepreneurs construe success beyond situating their construals of success in opposing camps of either objective or subjective success. Third, we contribute to research on identity construction and identity work by demonstrating how Muslim women entrepreneurs' identity as successful is construed at the intersection of their personal and social identities.

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Islam, Arab women's entrepreneurship and the construal of success

Tlaiss

McAdam

2021

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“…Saudi Arabia is a resource rich, wealthy country with relative stable political climate, mass influx of foreign workforce, and a Sunni Islamic monarchy (Abalkhail & Allan, 2015; Al‐Ahmadi, 2011). Lebanon, on the other hand, is resource poor, has had recent and continuing turbulent sociopolitical turmoil, mass emigration of skilled and knowledge workers, and is a multiconfessional democracy (Afiouni & Karam, 2019; Human Rights Watch, 2015; IMF, 2017). Lebanon is also notable for scoring as one of the worst in the region in terms of career trajectories of women, where in 2018 men are 90% more likely to secure managerial opportunities, and this gender gap appears to be increasing over time (World Economic Forum, 2018, 2020).…”

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“…Lebanon has a complex and harsh employment context for women. At base, the Lebanese context is characterized by a turbulent geopolitical situation due to a combination of the disproportionate influx of refugees, the recurrent tensions between sectarian, feudal, and tribal groups in the nation, and the intermittent rise of border tensions (Afiouni & Karam, 2019; UNHCR, 2015). Exacerbating this harshness for women are the widespread traditional patriarchal gendered work norms restricting the career and leadership opportunities for many women (Tlaiss & Kauser, 2010).…”

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Career constructions and a feminist standpoint on the meaning of context

Karam

Afiouni

2021

Gender Work & Organization

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This paper explores how context shapes the career constructions of 40 Lebanese female professionals. Starting with career construction theory (CCT), we leverage feminist standpoint theory (FST) to propose a hybrid analytic framework. With this framework, we invite CCT researchers to theorize career constructions as situated. The situatedness of career constructions calls for the exploration of an individual's career choices, coupled with the simultaneous potential constraints on choice emanating from collective experiences of historical and sociopolitical oppression. Theorizing contextual complexities in this way leads to a more nuanced tracing of how the personal experiences of challenge, and for some, the oppressive aspects of collective histories are selectively used to construct a cohesive sense of career storied self, each with distinctive implications for the domains of CCT-Vocational Personality (the what), Career Adaptability (the how), and Life Theme (the why).Our analysis reveals three key patterns: (1) advancing the professional field (vocational expert), (2) seeking selfvindication (adaptive rebel), and (3) engaging in activism (sympathetic activist vs. epistemically privileged activist).We conclude by discussing the value of our framework, thereby highlighting how acknowledging situatedness helps to inform our understandings of career patterns and of the "politicization" of career trajectories.

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“…Those who identify strongly with their career possess high career centrality take ingenious decision to develop sustainable careers (Singh and Vanka, 2021). They adopt strategies to balance out WFC, to persist in their career, as a response mechanism to manage or cope up several challenges and hardships (Afiouni, and Karam, 2019). Consequently, even if work-life conflict presents a sub-optimal condition they continue in the profession.…”

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Work family conflict and professional self-efficacy among career persistent women: the mediating role of managerial support

Alok

Banerjee

Singh

2021

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Purpose This study aims to examine the relationship between work-family conflict (WFC) and personal self-efficacy among career persistent women in India. Further, this relationship was explained with the help of the mediating role of perceived managerial support. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from 510 career persistent women working in the Information Technology (IT) sector in India. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling and mediation was tested using Process- Macro. Findings Findings depicted a positive relationship between WFC and professional self-efficacy demand and self-efficacy challenges. Perceived managerial support was also found to be positively related professional self-efficacy. Furthermore, perceived managerial support was found to have a significant mediating effect in WFC and professional self-efficacy relationships. Originality/value Findings of the study may enhance the understanding of WFC in emerging economies, as most of the research has been done in the western context. Findings of the study are crucial, as it highlights the relationship between WFC and professional self-efficacy in the presence of perceived managerial support. Moreover, the paper uniquely discusses the role of WFC in professional self-efficacy among career persistent women in IT sector.

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The formative role of contextual hardships in women's career calling

Cited by 27 publications

References 50 publications

Islam, Arab women's entrepreneurship and the construal of success

Islam, Arab women's entrepreneurship and the construal of success

Career constructions and a feminist standpoint on the meaning of context

Work family conflict and professional self-efficacy among career persistent women: the mediating role of managerial support

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