Date of Conferral
2023
Degree
Ph.D.
School
Management
Advisor
Dr, Keri Heitner
Abstract
Exploring the perceptions of women managers involving effective strategies to remain within their roles is essential to further understand resiliency. A literature gap exists regarding the resilience strategies of women managers to stay in leadership roles. The purpose of this qualitative single case study with embedded units was to explore perceptions of women managers with at least five years of experience in management regarding how they remained resilient throughout their careers. The overarching research question was developed to address the purpose of this qualitative single case study with embedded units. Qualitative data were collected from semistructured interviews with nine women managers, archival data, and reflective journaling notes to address the study's research problem and purpose. This study was framed using Shafique et al.’s antecedents of women managers resilience model, which consists of three significant areas: gendered biases, experiences of women managers, and perceptions of women managers on resilience. Thematic analysis of data from interviews revealed 12 themes and four conceptual codes that emerged: (a) women’s entry into management roles, (b) gendered biased experiences by women managers, (c) women’s strategies for resiliency in a management role, and (d) closing the gender gap in management roles. As organizational leaders learn more about methods and strategies women use to remain resilient, they can focus on promoting environments that positively enhance these strategies and increase the number of women managers within the workforce.
Recommended Citation
DeHart, Brandi, "Resiliency Perceptions of Women in Organizational Management" (2023). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 14082.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/14082
