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The career resilience of senior women managers: A cross‐cultural perspective

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  • Uma Jogulu
  • Esmé Franken

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This article examines how cultural contexts influence the demonstration of resilient behaviors of women senior managers in large organizations. We compare the experiences of Malaysian and Australian women overcoming key challenges and obstacles in their career journeys by engaging in the resilience strategies of network leveraging, learning, and adaptability. Our findings reveal the unique, complex, and contextual nature of career resilience, and show how resilience can be demonstrated, often differently, across culture and context. Our study adds to the existing body of literature in the areas of careers, gender in the workplace, and resilience, by highlighting how senior women sustain and navigate their career paths within the constraints of their socio‐cultural contexts. Practical and scholarly implications are discussed.

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  • Uma Jogulu & Esmé Franken, 2023. "The career resilience of senior women managers: A cross‐cultural perspective," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(1), pages 280-300, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:gender:v:30:y:2023:i:1:p:280-300
    DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12829
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