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“Hit-the-road-running” and Reflect: A Qualitative Study of Women Managers’ Informal Learning Strategies Using Feminist Principles

Year: 2015

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to report a qualitative study with fifteen Malaysian women managers, which explored the various ways women managers developed competencies at work via their lived experiences. Feminist epistemology was incorporated into the in-depth interview protocol with the aim of loosening the androcentric moorings of the empirical process in management research. The findings highlight that women managers valued informal learning using strategies such as ‘hit-the-road-running’ and being reflective. The paper highlights the need to understand women managers’ workplace learning so that their progression to senior management can best be supported.

Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.144

Authors: Tan Sui Hong, Norhalimah bt Idris

Institution: University of Technology Malaysia

Language: English

Topic: Innovative Education and Learning Practices

Subfield: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Gender equality

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia