Title: Career development among women employees in Jordanian private sector

Authors: Omar Jaber Aburumman; Khatijah Omar; Belal Barhem

Addresses: Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia ' Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia; Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia ' City University College of Ajman, Ajman, UAE

Abstract: Despite the importance of career development in the life of an employee, this concept changes dramatically when it is used from a gender point of view. This study aims to identify the barriers of career development among women employees in the Jordanian private sector. This study employed a survey questionnaire as the main technique for data collection from a sample of 337 respondents. The results indicated that family responsibilities, gender discrimination, leadership support, and organisational culture as the main barriers of career development for women. As the results indicated, career empowerment and internal career opportunities are not barriers of career development for women. The originality of the study is centred around examining career development using two dimensions namely, internal career development and external career development. In addition, this study takes a deep view of career development, by examining factors that may be barriers of career development among women employees.

Keywords: career development; women employees; barriers; private sector.

DOI: 10.1504/MEJM.2023.131937

Middle East Journal of Management, 2023 Vol.10 No.4, pp.341 - 362

Received: 11 Dec 2021
Accepted: 29 Dec 2021
Published online: 05 Jul 2023 *

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