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Gender and career: the nature of women´s career development in tourism sector in Finland
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| Title: | Gender and career: the nature of women´s career development in tourism sector in Finland |
| Authors: | Lahtinen, Jonna
Riikonen, Tiia |
| Issue Date: | 2008-02-29 |
| Examinationsnivå: | Student essay |
| Series/Report no.: | Master Thesis
2007:31 |
| Abstract: | Tourism sector is widely female dominated and although, the number of women in middle
management has grown, it is men that mainly occupy the top positions. The promotion of gender
equality has becom... moree widely accepted in Finland, which in working life means that genders are
treated equally, without discrimination. The main purpose for the study is to investigate how the
career development is gendered in tourism sector in Finland and does women’s career
development differ from men’s career development. The research combines quantitative and
qualitative approaches. The data was collected from the middle and upper management in
Scandic Hotels in Finland through questionnaires and an interview. The empirical results
indicate that there are differences between genders in career development. Men had advanced in
their career considerably faster than women. However, most of the respondents were willing to
advance, although men estimated their prospects to be better. According to the findings, the
reasons for differences in career development are several, the most common barriers being:
location, age, family and lack of possibilities, two latter being greater among women. Several
women named also gender to be one of the obstacles for advancement. |
| Description: | Tourism and Hospitality Management |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/9619 |
| Appears in Collections: | Master theses
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