TY - JOUR
T1 - Silk and steel
T2 - A gendered approach to career and life by upper echelon women executives in the hospitality and tourism industry in China
AU - Fan, Xiangli
AU - Im, Jinyoung
AU - Miao, Li
AU - Tomas, Stacy
AU - Liu, Hailing
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the grant Turnover Management of Female Tourism Employees (No. 16SKGC-QG13 ) awarded by HuaQiao University , China. We also would like to thank all the informants for their time and valuable insights. Special thanks also goes to Dr. Hong Xu at NanKai University, China for her assistance in data collection.
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PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - This qualitative study represents one of the early attempts to uncover the lived experience of thriving of top female leaders in the tourism and hospitality industry in China. Based on the narratives of 21 women executives in the hospitality and tourism industry in China, this study reveals that upper echelon (top management) females thrive by taking a gendered approach to life and career in a cultural environment with a strong Confucian tradition. This research systematically explored the unique gendered orientations and strategies these women executives used to achieve optimal functioning, as manifested in their thriving in both life and career. They acknowledge gender differences, embrace female qualities rather than deny them, and leverage these qualities to their advantage. The study findings offer significant theoretical and practical implications by illuminating a thriving perspective of the career advancement of women.
AB - This qualitative study represents one of the early attempts to uncover the lived experience of thriving of top female leaders in the tourism and hospitality industry in China. Based on the narratives of 21 women executives in the hospitality and tourism industry in China, this study reveals that upper echelon (top management) females thrive by taking a gendered approach to life and career in a cultural environment with a strong Confucian tradition. This research systematically explored the unique gendered orientations and strategies these women executives used to achieve optimal functioning, as manifested in their thriving in both life and career. They acknowledge gender differences, embrace female qualities rather than deny them, and leverage these qualities to their advantage. The study findings offer significant theoretical and practical implications by illuminating a thriving perspective of the career advancement of women.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhm.2021.103011
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhm.2021.103011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85108344770
SN - 0278-4319
VL - 97
JO - International Journal of Hospitality Management
JF - International Journal of Hospitality Management
M1 - 103011
ER -