Women, Occupational Advancement, and Mentoring: An Analysis of One Public Organization

Women, Occupational Advancement, and Mentoring: An Analysis of One Public Organization

If mentoring is a useful device to facilitate career advancement of women, problems unique to women need to be confronted in its use. This is a case study of obstacles to career advancement of women in the Milwaukee District Office of the Internal Revenue Service. A comprehensive set of possible obs...

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Veröffentlicht in:Public administration review 1985-05, Vol.45 (3), p.415-423
1. Verfasser: Vertz, Laura L.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Career advancement
Career Development
Careers
Federal employees
Females
Gender discrimination
Gender roles
Job development
Men
Mentoring
Mentors
Personality
Polls & surveys
Promotion
Public administration
Public Management Forum
Qualifications
Statistical analysis
T tests
United States
Women
Women government employees
Working women
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Zusammenfassung:If mentoring is a useful device to facilitate career advancement of women, problems unique to women need to be confronted in its use. This is a case study of obstacles to career advancement of women in the Milwaukee District Office of the Internal Revenue Service. A comprehensive set of possible obstacles are identified and tests are performed to assess how they affect women in this particular organization. From the results, implications for mentoring are discussed. The article concludes with several cautions and comments regarding the use of mentoring for women's career advancement.
ISSN:0033-3352
1540-6210
DOI:10.2307/3109970