Exploring the Transition to Senior Leadership for Women: A Comparative Study of Female Senior Leaders from South Africa and Mauritius

This study explores the lived experiences of 28 women from South Africa and Mauritius women who have successfully transitioned from middle management into senior leadership roles. From the data, “The Pathways into Leadership model was developed and illustrates that career transitions were a continuo...

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Main Author: Ramrekha, Shubashni
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2023
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93785
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description This study explores the lived experiences of 28 women from South Africa and Mauritius women who have successfully transitioned from middle management into senior leadership roles. From the data, “The Pathways into Leadership model was developed and illustrates that career transitions were a continuous process within three interrelated contexts: the broad societal context, the organizational context, and the individual context. Each phase of the model represents the critical enablers and roadblocks for women’s career success in leadership.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-937852023-11-15T00:10:36Z Exploring the Transition to Senior Leadership for Women: A Comparative Study of Female Senior Leaders from South Africa and Mauritius Ramrekha, Shubashni This study explores the lived experiences of 28 women from South Africa and Mauritius women who have successfully transitioned from middle management into senior leadership roles. From the data, “The Pathways into Leadership model was developed and illustrates that career transitions were a continuous process within three interrelated contexts: the broad societal context, the organizational context, and the individual context. Each phase of the model represents the critical enablers and roadblocks for women’s career success in leadership. 2023 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93785 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Ramrekha, Shubashni
Exploring the Transition to Senior Leadership for Women: A Comparative Study of Female Senior Leaders from South Africa and Mauritius
title Exploring the Transition to Senior Leadership for Women: A Comparative Study of Female Senior Leaders from South Africa and Mauritius
title_full Exploring the Transition to Senior Leadership for Women: A Comparative Study of Female Senior Leaders from South Africa and Mauritius
title_fullStr Exploring the Transition to Senior Leadership for Women: A Comparative Study of Female Senior Leaders from South Africa and Mauritius
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the Transition to Senior Leadership for Women: A Comparative Study of Female Senior Leaders from South Africa and Mauritius
title_short Exploring the Transition to Senior Leadership for Women: A Comparative Study of Female Senior Leaders from South Africa and Mauritius
title_sort exploring the transition to senior leadership for women: a comparative study of female senior leaders from south africa and mauritius
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93785