Sustaining Career Success: Senior Management Women Careers in the Resources Sector of Western Australia

This study explores the work experiences of thirty-one successful senior women in the resources sector of Western Australia. Career success was found to be contingent on a) believing in oneself, b) the belief of others in you, and c) overcoming barriers. Mentoring, sponsorship, professional developm...

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Main Author: Hopkins, Tracy Hui Ling
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76039
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description This study explores the work experiences of thirty-one successful senior women in the resources sector of Western Australia. Career success was found to be contingent on a) believing in oneself, b) the belief of others in you, and c) overcoming barriers. Mentoring, sponsorship, professional development and networking facilitated the navigation of challenging workplace cultures. Senior women’s career success has been captured in the 3C’s Weaving Model.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-760392019-07-25T03:51:24Z Sustaining Career Success: Senior Management Women Careers in the Resources Sector of Western Australia Hopkins, Tracy Hui Ling This study explores the work experiences of thirty-one successful senior women in the resources sector of Western Australia. Career success was found to be contingent on a) believing in oneself, b) the belief of others in you, and c) overcoming barriers. Mentoring, sponsorship, professional development and networking facilitated the navigation of challenging workplace cultures. Senior women’s career success has been captured in the 3C’s Weaving Model. 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76039 Curtin University fulltext
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Sustaining Career Success: Senior Management Women Careers in the Resources Sector of Western Australia
title Sustaining Career Success: Senior Management Women Careers in the Resources Sector of Western Australia
title_full Sustaining Career Success: Senior Management Women Careers in the Resources Sector of Western Australia
title_fullStr Sustaining Career Success: Senior Management Women Careers in the Resources Sector of Western Australia
title_full_unstemmed Sustaining Career Success: Senior Management Women Careers in the Resources Sector of Western Australia
title_short Sustaining Career Success: Senior Management Women Careers in the Resources Sector of Western Australia
title_sort sustaining career success: senior management women careers in the resources sector of western australia
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