Women Opting In?: New Perspectives on the Kaleidoscope Career Model

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aut.relation.endpage180
aut.relation.issue3en_NZ
aut.relation.journalAustralian Journal of Career Developmenten_NZ
aut.relation.pages9
aut.relation.startpage172
aut.relation.volume27en_NZ
aut.researcherHarris, Candice
dc.contributor.authorElley-Brown, Men_NZ
dc.contributor.authorPringle, JKen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Cen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-01T03:02:53Z
dc.date.available2022-11-01T03:02:53Z
dc.date.copyright2018-09-24en_NZ
dc.date.issued2018-09-24en_NZ
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports on findings of an interpretive study, which used the Kaleidoscope Career Model as lens through which to view the careers of professional women in education. The study used hermeneutic phenomenology, a methodology novel in management and career management to gain a subjective perspective on women’s career experience and what career means to them at different career stages. Findings indicated that women did not “opt-out,” or adopt a clear-cut gender beta career pattern. Rather, they mirrored an alpha pattern with challenge continuing into mid-career. The three Kaleidoscope Career Model parameters operated in an ongoing way in women’s lives, and authenticity was a powerful theme throughout their careers. However, women in late career tended to “lean back”; their desire for authenticity became subjugated by their need for balance. These findings add to extant Kaleidoscope Career Model research and reveal factors, which contribute to women’s ability to “opt-in” rather than out of their careers.
dc.identifier.citationAustralian Journal of Career Development, 27(3), 172–180. https://doi.org/10.1177/1038416217705703
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1038416217705703en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn1038-4162en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/15578
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1038416217705703en_NZ
dc.rightsAuthors retain the right to place his/her pre-publication version of the work on a personal website or institutional repository. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published. It is not the copy of record. The final, definitive version of this paper has been published by SAGE Publications Ltd. All rights reserved. © 2018. (Please see Citation and Publisher’s Version).
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.titleWomen Opting In?: New Perspectives on the Kaleidoscope Career Modelen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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