{"title":"Barriers that impede mid-level female leaders' advancement to senior management positions: Evidence from China's tourism and hospitality sector","authors":"Liu Chun , Yang Jingjing , Cui Li","doi":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101303","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Although scholars have studied women's career barriers, how mid-level female managers conceptualise and contest such barriers to senior-level positions under the impact of gendered <em>nei-wai</em> ideology remain unknown. Based on 39 in-depth interviews with mid-level female managers from academia, government, and industry, this study aims to propose a conceptual framework regarding women's underrepresentation in tourism and hospitality management positions in China. Findings based on a gendered <em>nei-wai</em> ideology revealed factors inhibiting mid-level female leaders' promotion to senior positions across social, organisational, familial, and personal dimensions. Besides being passively rejected from further promotion, mid-level female leaders might subjectively cease promotion to conform to family and social expectations. Yet in contemporary society, a growing number of Chinese women have begun to recognise their disadvantaged positions and fight against these obstacles. These findings advance the literature on women career advancement and aid practitioners in encouraging gender equality and gender diversity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48141,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management Perspectives","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 101303"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Tourism Management Perspectives","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211973624000862","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Although scholars have studied women's career barriers, how mid-level female managers conceptualise and contest such barriers to senior-level positions under the impact of gendered nei-wai ideology remain unknown. Based on 39 in-depth interviews with mid-level female managers from academia, government, and industry, this study aims to propose a conceptual framework regarding women's underrepresentation in tourism and hospitality management positions in China. Findings based on a gendered nei-wai ideology revealed factors inhibiting mid-level female leaders' promotion to senior positions across social, organisational, familial, and personal dimensions. Besides being passively rejected from further promotion, mid-level female leaders might subjectively cease promotion to conform to family and social expectations. Yet in contemporary society, a growing number of Chinese women have begun to recognise their disadvantaged positions and fight against these obstacles. These findings advance the literature on women career advancement and aid practitioners in encouraging gender equality and gender diversity.
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Tourism Management Perspectives is an interdisciplinary journal that focuses on the planning and management of travel and tourism. It covers topics such as tourist experiences, their consequences for communities, economies, and environments, the creation of image, the shaping of tourist experiences and perceptions, and the management of tourist organizations and destinations. The journal's editorial board consists of experienced international professionals and it shares the board with Tourism Management. The journal covers socio-cultural, technological, planning, and policy aspects of international, national, and regional tourism, as well as specific management studies. It encourages papers that introduce new research methods and critique existing ones in the context of tourism research. The journal publishes empirical research articles and high-quality review articles on important topics and emerging themes that enhance the theoretical and conceptual understanding of key areas within travel and tourism management.