Career Barriers among WorkingWomen: A Research on Hotel Enterprises in Sakarya Province
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Gökçe,
A.
&
Coşkun,
G.
&
Eker,
N.
&
Dilmaç,
E.
&
Çolak,
O.
(eds.)
2023.
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Synopsis
Today, women are a part of business life due to various reasons such as economic ones. Female employees experience some obstacles while climbing the career ladder throughout their business life.
Aim
The aim of this study is to identify the career obstacles faced by female employees during their promotion process to higher level positions in hotel businesses in Sakarya province.
Method: Qualitative research method was used in this research. The sample of the research is 126 female employees in 3, 4, and 5-star hotels operating in Sakarya province. Data were collected from female employees using the interview technique. The data collected from the sample group were transferred to the SPSS database, and the frequency of each career obstacle was calculated.
Findings
The results of the data analyses showed that the dual role approach, glass escalator, and bamboo curtain obstacles were the highest career obstacles for women working in hotel businesses, while they are moving to upper level positions.
Originality
This study is the first study conducted by interviewing female employees in hotel businesses by utilizing ten career barriers. Female employees and undergraduate and graduate students can benefit from the results of this study.
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Copyright (c) 2023 Güliz Coşkun, Akif Gökçe, Nuray Eker, Eminsafa Dilmaç, Oğuz Çolak; Vahit Oğuz Kiper, Akif Gökçe, Neelima Moli, Burak Atasoy, Burhanettin Zengin, Uğur Zeren, Kursad Ozbay, Mehmet Sarıısık, Turgut Türkoğlu, Nurullah Kart, Hüseyin Pamukçu, Necdet Hacıoğlu, Meliha Sena Yıldırgan, Ebru Arıcı, Aziz Gökhan Özkoç, Orhan Batman, Zeynep Yener, Berna Ercan, Gülçin Özbay, Güliz Coşkun, Eminsafa Dilmaç, Gülin Yetim, Ümit Şengel, Zeynep Utkan, Melisa Ateş, Bayram Akay, Mehmet Akif Öncü, Taner Kömür, Zeynep Kömür, Özlem Küçük, Gökhan Aydıngün, Muammer Mesci, Erdem Baydeniz, Mustafa Sandıkçı, Hikmet Can Çetin, Alican Akçiçek, Selda Uca, Emrah Özkul, Hasan Önal Şeyhanlıoğlu, Ali İnanır, Mehtap Çerkez Uçar, Aslı Albayrak, Merve Sağlam, Aleyna Aktemur, Berrin Sarıtunç, Cemal İnce, İbrahim Cemal Gençay