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The purpose of this research is to investigate the careerorientations of educated and urban Indonesian women business executivesfollowing Darr's (1988) success mop. While research an women businessexecutives and their career orientation is extensive in developed countries,such research is scarce, if not none at all, in Indonesia. The country 'ssociety still holds deeply rooted beliefs' regarding the role of women athome and in the workplace. Such special pressure could make difficult foran Indonesian women to choose a career instead of a family, or tosuccessfully combine these two important pillars of her modern iU`e. Thisstudy investigated five research questions on the career successorientations of the Indonesian women business executives with i0 non-directional null hypotheses on a sample representation of 93 of thesewomen. The findings ore that the majority of the respondents are orientedto 'Getting balance '. This is a career success orientation concerned withmaintaining the balance between home, work and personal development.Careers as lived by their respondents in this study, therefore, may beremoved from the ideals portrayed in management career literature; inother words these respondents show 'no career' concerns for advancementin the corporate board-room. |
