The Convergence of Views on Career Success from Different Socio-cultural Backgrounds: Comparative Analysis

Abstract

The subjective success of a career continues to be an important subject in the field of career explorations, as organizational and social contexts are constantly evolving and dependence on external success definitions is unacceptable or unacceptable. Although various measures of subjective career success have been developed, there are no measures that represent several nations. This paper explores whether there is a convergence of views at the workplace between men and women from the same or different socio-cultural backgrounds. It presents the findings of three independent studies, which happened to revolve around the perceptions of career success between working males and working females. The results of the analyses indicate that the position and experience of women on work-related issues and are similar in different countries. It can be concluded that working women regardless of their societal background seem to share commonalities in terms of their definition of success, factors determining success, conceptualization of power and leadership style, presence of women in the workforce, and work-family balance.