 Where to From HereDiane Chilangwa Farmer Chapter 8 in Black Women in Management, 2013, pp 161-172 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract This book examines the factors which affect the career and family lives of professional and managerial Black African women originating from sub-Saharan Africa, and living and working in London and Johannesburg. I set out to explore how such women, with relatively similar colonial histories, cultures, career and professional backgrounds, handle their complex positioning. There has been a significant increase in the number of women entering formal paid employment in most parts of the world and making inroads into middle-management positions, but only a few of these women continue to advance and remain in top managerial and professional positions. As Black African women with careers in major cities on opposite sides of the globe, the women in my study are unique in the workplace as they still remain minorities by both gender and race. This, as I have indicated in this book, is despite Black Africans having significant rates of higher education among the country’s BME population (Platt, 2007). Keywords: Black Woman; Research Participant; Managerial Woman; South African Woman; Equality Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-33543-2_8 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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