The effects of leadership development on women's career success
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Lämsä, A.-M., & Savela, T. (2019). The effects of leadership development on women's career success. International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, 19(1), 21-36. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJHRDM.2019.097055
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2019Discipline
Basic or discovery scholarshipJohtaminenBasic or discovery scholarshipManagement and LeadershipCopyright
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This study extends our knowledge of leadership development, specifically Master's in Business Administration (MBA) programs, from a gender perspective. It presents a comprehensive case, women-only development program and conducts an empirical, longitudinal, qualitative study of the effect of one of the program modules, namely, the women-only MBA, on the women's career success. The empirical study focused on self-efficacy mechanisms for explaining the women's appraisals of their changes in abilities affecting their career success during the MBA program. The participants were interviewed twice: once at the beginning of the MBA and then after completing it. A trusting atmosphere, social support, new business competencies, and the participants' ability to re-frame their mindsets concerning women's career potential were detected as significant sources of self-efficacy gained from the MBA. Encouragement from significant others, typically respected males, was also found to be a promoting factor.
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This research was supported by the programme Equality in Society (WeAll project, 292883), supported by strategic research funding from the Academy of Finland, the European Social Fund, the Northern Ostrobothnia Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment, the city of Oulu, Oulu University of Applied Sciences and participant organisations. We gratefully acknowledge their support.

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