Year: 2017
Type: dissertation
Abstract: \nEssay/Thesis:\n30 hp\nProgram and/or course:\nMaster thesis in Strategic HRM and Labour Relations\nLevel:\nFirst Cycle/Second Cycle\nSemester/year:\nSpring 2017\nSupervisor:\nHelen Peterson\nExaminer:\nReport No:\nKeyword:\nCareer navigation; career management; tokenism; gender; gaming industry\nPurpose:\nThe purpose of the study is to identify and analyze how women navigate their career in the gaming industry and how gender influences the career navigation.\nTheory:\nThe theoretical framework is composed by career navigation as a central concept; the career management model based on the work of Greenhaus et al. and tokenism based on the work of Kanter-Moss.\nMethod:\nThe method that was used is a qualitative research build on 10 semi-structured interviews. The data collected was coded and was analyzed in accordance to the theoretical framework.\nResult:\nThe findings demonstrated that women navigate their careers by utilizing specific strategies and in accordance to their external environment. The contextualization of career navigation led to the discovery of negotiation; navigating out and The Gamer as additional navigation strategies. Finally, gender has been identified to influence the navigation process through the three perceptual tendencies of tokenism. The data outlined that women actively and consciously work to trade-off and channel the perceptual tendencies into assets.
Author: Borislava Koycheva
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2766335423