This book draws together research on retail management and womens careers. It reveals the factors that continue to be problematic for womens careers and why they continue to be under-represented in the retail management hierarchy. A contextual background is provided in the first five chapters which summarise some wider issues for the non specialist reader. Chapters 6-11 each adopts a different theoretical perspective and so cumulatively a comprehensive understanding of the reasons for womens continued under-representation in retail management positions is gained. The overall findings...

This Handbook presents the current research, practice and future directions in the field of gendered careers in management. Expert contributors discuss pertinent issues impacting three key areas of career development: - The beginning of gendered managerial careers (Getting In) such as education and recruitment; - The progress of gendered managerial careers (Getting On) such as career phases and succession planning; - What comes after gendered managerial careers (Getting Out) such as recalibration of career patterns and retirement. The theoretical and practical insights presented are...