Women’s Transition to Entrepreneurs from Professional and Managerial Careers in Organizations
Careers have different dimensions, they can be developed in an organization and in individual way. Organizations no longer have a role in creating careers, but individuals develop careers using the organization as a tool or medium. Changes in the external and internal environment in the organization...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Bina Nusantara University
2021-02-01
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Series: | Binus Business Review |
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Online Access: | https://journal.binus.ac.id/index.php/BBR/article/view/6456 |
Summary: | Careers have different dimensions, they can be developed in an organization and in individual way. Organizations
no longer have a role in creating careers, but individuals develop careers using the organization as a tool or
medium. Changes in the external and internal environment in the organization are the basic conditions why
individual career dares to change. The research aimed to explore senior female managers’ phenomenon that left
professional and managerial careers in organizations to be entrepreneurs. Structured and in-depth interviews were
conducted with 25 female entrepreneurs who had left senior manager positions at the companies. Qualitative
research approaches were carried out to explore what motivated female entrepreneurs to make a career transition
and how the career transition process was done. Then, the Critical Incident Technique was used to analyze the
data to get responses regarding female entrepreneurs’ perceptions of career transitions. From the results, there
are four main categories: personal, organizational life, value and integrity, and capital. Then, there are also nine
subcategories: independence and individualism, strong encouragement and family support, professional and
personal life balance, organizational life, values, integrity, partner ties, mentor ties, and human capital. The
personal category causes more women to make a career transition, followed by capital, value and integrity, and
organizational life categories. |
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ISSN: | 2087-1228 2476-9053 |