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Too Many HRM Aspirants? The Potential Consequences for Women
Author(s) -
Vaughan Edward,
Lasky Barbara
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/103841119202900403
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , work (physics) , human resource management , human resources , vocational education , business , training (meteorology) , public relations , labour economics , management , political science , economics , economic growth , engineering , mechanical engineering , ecology , physics , meteorology , biology
Equal employment opportunities campaigners have urged that women be given at least equal opportunity with men to take up vocational training so that they can more easily gain entry to occupations in which they have been under‐represented In particular, it has been urged, women should be given more and better opportunities to train in management. But what will happen if women are attracted only to certain types of managerial work? There are indications that women are attracted to the area of human resources management, which, if true, would mean that increased management training opportunities for women could lead to increasing competition for jobs in this area. This paper argues that the effects of this are not likely to satisfy all equal opportunities campaigners.