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Career, Culture, and Compromise: Career Development Experiences of Latinas Working in Higher Education
Author(s) -
Hernández Thomas J.,
Morales Nestor Enrique
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.1999.tb00274.x
Subject(s) - career development , compromise , ethnography , higher education , career counseling , psychology , exploratory research , pedagogy , career education , work (physics) , medical education , sociology , medicine , vocational education , political science , social science , anthropology , law , mechanical engineering , engineering
The purpose of this exploratory ethnographic research project was to investigate the career development experiences of Latinas employed in counseling and faculty positions in higher education. The research reveals strong images of an inhospitable and nonsupportive place to work and suggests that Latina women are inhibited from achieving the same levels of success as men or other women in higher education. Implications for career development practitioners are provided.