Employee Career Development

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The Relationship Between Barriers Faced by Female Employees to their Career Development in Public Organizations in Kuching, Sarawak. Chapter 1: Research Overview 1.0 Introduction Until recently, the issues of career development among female employees has been received a greater attention in any sector. Even though the number of female employees has been increased gradually in the public sector, however, the number of female employees in managerial positions still low compared to male employees. Wood and Lindorff (2001) further explain that gender differences exist in promotions to senior management, and this occurrence is noted worldwide. Consequently, over the last three decades, there has been a measured rise in the number of highly skilled…show more content…
According to statistics a¬nounced to date, out of the 200 companies listed on Bursa Malaysia, up to November 2010, only 7.6 per cent of women were appointed as members of the board of these companies (Jasmine Chin, 2011). 1.3 Objectives of Study 1.3.1 General Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the barriers faced by female employees and their career development in public organizations in Kuching, Sarawak. The overall objective of the research is to identify the relationships between those variables and female employee career development. 1.3.2 Specific Objectives 1.3.2.1 To identify the relationship between gender discrimination toward career development among female employees. 1.3.2.2 To determine the relationship between family toward female employees on career development. 1.3.2.3 To identify the relationship between education toward female employees on career development. 1.3.2.4 To determine the relationship between support from top-level management toward female employee on career development. 1.3.2.5 To determine the relationship between organizational culture toward female employee on career…show more content…
1.5 Research Hypotheses 1. H0 : There is no significant relationship between gender discrimination toward career development among female employees. H1 : There is a significant relationship between gender discrimination toward career development among female employees. 2. H0 : There is no significant relationship between family toward career development among female employees. H2 : There is a significant relationship between family toward career development among female employees. 3. H0 : There is no significant relationship between education toward career development among female employees. H3 : There is a significant relationship between education toward career development among female employees. 4. H0 : There is no significant relationship between support from top-level management toward career development among female employees. H4 : There is a significant relationship between support from top-level management toward career development among female employees. 5. H0 : There is no significant relationship between organizational culture toward career development among female
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