Abstract
This chapter investigates the role of gender, mentoring and social capital and contributes to literature about the career development of women in senior management roles in the National Health Service of the UK. It draws on a doctoral study of senior-level managers in a Scottish NHS Board. The data collected are: (i) documentary; (ii) quantitative; and (iii) qualitative. The quantitative data are collected through questionnaires, while the source of qualitative data is in-depth semi-structured interviews. The doctoral study is embedded within an interpretivist and feminist paradigm. Although access to mentoring and social capital was seen as likely to enhance the career progression of females to senior managerial roles, gendered work and family expectations, gendered organisational culture, and normative performances of gendered senior management were identified as obstacles in taking advantages of mentoring and social capital. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only piece of work that explicitly investigates the role of mentoring and social capital in managing gender diversity at the senior managerial positions of the NHS.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Gender, careers and inequalities in medicine and medical education |
Subtitle of host publication | international perspectives |
Editors | Maria Tsouroufli |
Place of Publication | Bingley |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. |
Pages | 43-68 |
Number of pages | 26 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781784416898 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781784416904 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2015 |
Publication series
Name | International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion |
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Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. |
Volume | 2 |
ISSN (Print) | 2051-2333 |
Keywords
- Senior managers
- Gender
- Managing diversity
- Glass-ceiling
- Career progression
- Mentoring
- Social capital
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Investigating the role of mentoring and social capital in managing gender diversity at the senior management levels of the national health service (NHS) in Scotland: a study of NHS Tayside
Author: Seraj, S., Aug 2015Supervisor: Branine, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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