Factors affecting female managers' careers in Turkey

Zeytinoglu, Işık U.; Özmen, Ömür Neczan Timurcanday; ErgençKatrinli, Alev; Kabasakal, Hayat; Arbak, Yasemin

doi:10.1016/s1094-5334(01)04013-4

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“…Kabasakal, 1998). Women from a high SES not only have higher qualifications, but also have a better chance to access networks that matter (Zeytinoglu, Ozmen, Katrinli, Kabasakal, & Arbak, 2001).…”

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Key Success Factors for Women in Management in Turkey

2004

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Cette étude recense les facteurs qui influencent l'évolution de la carrière des femmes en Turquie. Bien que les femmes soient bien représentées dans les emplois intellectuels, elles occupent, en Turquie, seulement 4% des situations directoriales. Cet article expose les résultats de deux recherches. La première visait l'investigation du contexte socioculturel par le mise en évidence des stéréotypes sexuels et des attitudes envers la promotion professionnelle des femmes. 318 hommes et femmes ont rempli un questionnaire évaluant les attitudes envers les femmes managers. L'autre étude était qualitative et explorait la perception des facteurs de succès jugés fondamentaux dans le développement des carrières féminines, cela par l'entremise d'entrentiens en profondeur réalisés auprès de 52 femmes managers de niveau moyen et élevé de 27 organisations différentes. Les données sont analysées à partir de trois catégories: les facteurs individuels, organisationnels et familiaux. Il apparaît que les facteurs de succès clés pour les femmes managers sont la confiance qu'elles ont en elles-mêmes et leur détermination à atteindre leurs objectifs de carriére. Puis vient le soutien de la famille et de l'organisation. L'obstacle le plus difficile à surmonter relève des normes culturelles relatives aux rôles sexués.This study explores the factors that influence women's career advancement in Turkey. Despite the fact that women are well represented in scientific and professional jobs, they occupy only 4 per cent of top management positions in Turkey. This paper reports the results of two studies. The first study aimed at investigating the socio-cultural context by identifying gender-role stereotypes and attitudes towards women's career advancement. A total of 318 male and female respondents filled out a questionnaire assessing attitudes towards women in management. The second study was qualitative and explored the key perceived success factors affecting women's career development through in-depth interviews with 52 high and middle-level women managers in 27 different organisations. The results are discussed under three categories: individual, organisational, and family-related factors. Findings show that the

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Key Success Factors for Women in Management in Turkey

2004

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“…In turn, key normative norms affecting women’s career advancement in Turkey are likely to be traditional gender roles and the negative perception towards female managers. The literature on Turkey emphasises the prevalence of traditional gender roles and the significant impact of cultural expectations on women’s self-perceptions and lifestyle choices (Healy et al, 2005; Kabasakal, 1998; Zeytinoglu et al, 2001). In particular, empirical evidence suggests that women’s compliance with their traditional gender roles (i.e.…”

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Careers advancement of women: Applying a multi-level relational perspective in the context of Turkish banking organisations

Taser-Erdogan

2021

Human Relations

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This paper investigates the question of why women remain under-represented in management positions despite their increasing presence in the Turkish banking sector context. By using an integrative framework that brings together the relational and institutional perspectives, this paper seeks to understand how macro-level contextual influences reflect on meso-organisational processes and practices, which in turn influence women’s micro-individual career trajectories. This paper explores the careers experiences of 49 female banking professionals from three distinct banking organisations (Turkish, Western and Islamic). The findings reveal that women’s limited representation at managerial level is an outcome of the interplay between macro, meso and micro level issues. At the macro level the paper highlights religion-based fragmented social structure as a key factor in the socio-cultural context of Turkey. At the meso level, the analysis of the three different cases identifies factors relevant to both Western and Middle Eastern societal contexts. At the micro level, the analysis highlights how women’s perceptions of macro-level barriers change depending on their organisational context, emphasising the interrelatedness between these three levels. The paper contributes to women’s career literature by providing the Turkish perspective and introducing novel insights into the interplay between societal forces, organisational practices and individuals’ perceptions.

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“…Kabasakal et al (1994) found that while women employed in the banking and insurance sectors made up 43 percent of all employees, they represented only 26 percent of middle-level managers and a mere 3 percent of upper level management. A decade later Zeytinoglu et al (2001) interviewed 432 managers in 100 manufacturing companies and found that less than 10 percent were women. Of these female managers, only 7 percent were in upper level positions while the majority 73 percent were in middle-level positions (237).…”

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Foreign banks: executive jobs for Turkish women?

Culpan

Marzotto

Demir

2007

Women in Management Review

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Factors affecting female managers' careers in Turkey

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

Key Success Factors for Women in Management in Turkey

Key Success Factors for Women in Management in Turkey

Careers advancement of women: Applying a multi-level relational perspective in the context of Turkish banking organisations

Foreign banks: executive jobs for Turkish women?

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