The expectations and aspirations of a late-career professional woman

Atkinson, C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3795-7442, Ford, J, Harding, N and Jones, F (2015) The expectations and aspirations of a late-career professional woman. Work, Employment and Society, 29 (6). pp. 1019-1028. ISSN 0950-0170

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017015581987

Abstract

© The Author(s) 2015. This article presents a powerful account of one late-career woman’s lived experiences. Little is known about women who continue professional careers into their 50s and beyond. Here insights are offered into her aspirations and expectations, as she reflects upon a career fragmented by gendered caring responsibilities and the implications of ageism and sexism together with health and body for her late-career phase. The narrative enhances understanding of the intersection of age and gender in a context where masculine career norms dominate. It also offers a reflection upon the implications of these themes for late-career women and their employing organizations more generally.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2015 11:41
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Additional Information:	This article was published in final form in Work employment and society, copyright Sage.
Divisions:	Faculties > Business and Law
Subject terms:	Social Sciences, Economics, Industrial Relations & Labor, Sociology, Business & Economics, ageism, fragmented careers, health and body, late-career women, sexism, LABOR, AGE, TRANSITION, EMPLOYMENT, MENOPAUSE, GENDER, WOMEN, WORK, ageism, fragmented careers, health and body, late-career women, sexism, 1402 Applied Economics, 1503 Business and Management, 1608 Sociology, Industrial Relations
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/582270
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017015581987
ISSN	0950-0170
e-ISSN	1469-8722

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