A Phenomenological Study of Factors Influencing Career Progression of
Women Serving in Federal Leadership Roles
PUBLICATION DATE: February 2013
Executive position advancement, segregation, and impediment also pose challenges to women in career-enhancing positions and top management, and contribute to morale decline. Recurring and persistent themes identified by women advancing to male-dominated occupations are exclusion, resentment, discrimination, and tokenism.
Leadership and Management
Body of Knowledge and Motivators
OPM Executive Core Qualifications
Barriers and Roadblocks
Gaps in the Literature