ISSN: 2222-6990
Open access
The objective of this study is to understand factors affecting women’s participation in career and ways to encourage women’s participation in career. Issue of women’s participation in career has been hotly discussed around the world. Results from different journal sources conducted in different countries were assimilated to attain better understanding of the factors affecting women’s participation in career and ways to encourage women’s participant in career. The core of this work builds on highlighting the main findings related to the factors affecting women’s participation in career and ways to encourage women’s participant in career in Malaysia, United States, Africa and India. The role of counsellor in the counselling session to help the women in their career participation and development has been discussed. The limitation of this review is the selected studies were only limited to Malaysia, United States, Africa, Canada and India.
Abdullah, N., Ismail, R., Noor, M. Z., & Ahmad, F. (2012). Kebarangkalian Bekerja Wanita Berkahwin di Malaysia (Probability of Working among Married Woman in Malaysia). Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 46(1), 107–117.
Abu Bakar, N. R. (2012). Wanita bekerja dan pengurusan keluarga. Malaysia Journal of Society and Space, 7, 155-162.
Abu Bakar, N. R. (2014). Gender dan pekerjaan di Malaysia: Perlunya tempat kerja yang ‘mesra wanita’. Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 10(6), 179-186.
Anella, T. M., Ephantus, K., & Pemela, A. O. (2016). Factors influencing women’s career progression to leadership positions in Harare City Council, Zombabwe. International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, 5(5), 95-102.
Badariah, A. R., Noratiqah, A. S., & Mapjabil, J. (2016). Ciri dan pengaruh stereotaip feminin terhadap pengurusan dalam kalangan penjawat awam (The features and implication of feminine stereotypes in public service management). Malaysian Journal of Society and Space. 12(14), 10-18.
Bardekjian, A. C., Nesbitt, L., Konijnendijk, C. C., & Lotter, B. T. (2019). Women in urban forestry and arboriculture: Experiences, barriers and strategies for leadership. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 46.
Bobbitt-Zeher, D. (2011). Gender Discrimination at Work: Connecting Gender Stereotypes, Institutional Policies, and Gender Composition of Workplace. Gender & Society, 25(6), 764-786.
Brooks, L., & Forrest, L. (2019). Feminism and career counselling. Career counselling for women, 87–134.
Brooke E. D., Alexander Y. D., Robert D. R., & Yamawaki, N. (2017). No girls allowed: Women in male-dominated majors experience increased gender harassment and bias. Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 1-16.
Brown, S. D., & Lent, R. W. (2013). Career Development and Counselling: Putting Theory and Research to Work. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Chae, M. (2002). Counseling reentry women: An overview. Journal of Employment Counseling, 39, 146–152.
Darwish, S., Abdo, H., & AlShuwaiee, W. M. (2018). Opportunities, challenges and risks of transition into renewable energy: the case of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council. International Energy Journal, 18(4).
Ilagan-Bian, J. (2012). This leader is a woman! Cebu Daily News, http://www.inq7.net
Ismail, R., Osman, Z., & Malek, S. A. (2013). Perbezaan Upah Mengikut Jantina dan Diskriminasi Majikan dalam Sektor Teknologi Maklumat dan Komunikasi. Jurnal Teknologi, 63:1, 41-50.
Jouharah, M. A. (2018). Women’s career development in an Arab Middle Eastern context. Human Resource Development International, 1-15.
Juengst, S. B., Royston, A., Huang, I., & Wright, B. (2019). Family leave and return-to-work experiences of physician mothers. JAMA Network Open, 2(10).. 1- 15.
Kementerian Sumber Manusia. (2008). Upah Pokok Bulanan Purata Pekerja Mengikut Jantina dan Kategori Pekerjaan, Malaysia. Percetakan Selaseh Sdn Bhd.
Ishak, M. (2019). Belanjawan 2020 mesra wanita. Berita Harian. Retrieved from https://www.bharian.com.my
Maphul, I. N., & Abdullah. (2011). The prevaleence of work-family conflict among mothers in peninsular Malaysia. International journal of humanities and social science, 154-161.
Mate, S. E., McDonald, M., & Truc, Do. (2018). The barriers and enablers to career and leadership development: An exploration of women’s stories in two work cultures. International Journal of Organizational Analysis
Amin, M. S., & Rameli, M. F. (2016). Fenomena Kekurangan Tenaga Kerja Wanita Berpendidikan dan Berkemahiran di Malaysia. Prosiding PERKEM, ke-9.. 269-277.
Pauline, A. C., & Charles, P. C. (2007). Career development and counselling for women: connecting theories to practice. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 20(2), 191–204.
Racene. (2014). Development of Women’s career pattern in relation of employment. Baltic
Journal of Career Education and Management, 2(1), 16-23.
Soidi, S., & Sombuling, A. (2016). Pengaruh Konflik Kerja dan Keluarga terhadap Kepuasan Keibubapaan dalam kalangan Ibu Bekerja. Southeast Asia Psychology Journal, 4, 17-23.
Sujatha. (2008). Barriers in career growth of women managers: An Indian scenario. Asia-Pacific Business Review, IV (3), 108-116.
Sumari, M., Md Kalid, N., & Razak, N.A. (2015). Teori dan amalan kaunselinng kerjaya. Kuala Lumpur: Penerbit UM.
Yaves, U., Babakus, E., Karatepe, O. M. (2008). Attitudinal and behavioral consequences of work-family conflict and family-work conflict: does gender matter? International journal of service industry management. 7-31.
Zainuddin, A., Khalid, K., & Talib, A. (2018). Konsep mengarusperdanakan gender: Kajian wanita dalam pekerjaan di Malaysia. Journal of Administrative Science, 15(1), 1-10.
In-Text Citation: (Kee, Othman, Zainudin, & Yusop, 2020)
To Cite this Article: Kee, R. C. S., Othman, W. N. W., Zainudin, Z. N., & Yusop, Y. M. (2020). Factors Affecting Women’s Participation in Career: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences. 10(9), 509-521.
Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s)
Published by HRMARS (www.hrmars.com)
This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this license may be seen at: http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode