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- Title
TOWARDS A WORKPLACE CONDUCIVE TO THE CAREER ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN.
- Authors
Lewis-Enright, Karen; Crafford, Anne; Crous, Freddie
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to start designing a workplace conducive to women's career advancement. Appreciative inquiry was selected as an appropriate methodology, given the slow progress that has been made in addressing gender equality at work. Seventeen men and women working in the finance division of a large organisation were invited to participate in an appreciative inquiry workshop. This was followed by interviews with four leadership team members. While no original ideas or solutions emerged from the interventions, participants of the appreciative inquiry process demonstrated a shift in thinking, more positive emotional responses, a shared vision for the future and improved willingness to assume accountability for change.
- Subjects
CAREER development; WORK environment; WOMEN employees; GENDER role in the work environment; EQUALITY in the workplace; INQUIRY (Theory of knowledge); OCCUPATIONAL surveys; QUESTIONNAIRES; ADULT education workshops; INDUSTRIAL psychology
- Publication
SAJIP: South African Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2009, Vol 35, Issue 1, p136
- ISSN
0258-5200
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4102/sajip.v35i1.832