TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the interplay between Buddhism and career development:
T2 - a study of highly skilled women workers in Sri Lanka
AU - Fernando, Dulini
AU - Cohen, Laurie
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - This article adopts a socio-cultural lens to examine the role of Buddhism in highly skilled women workers' careers in Sri Lanka. While Buddhism enabled women's career development by giving them strength to cope with difficult situations in work, it also seemed to restrict their agency and constrain their career advancement. The article argues, based on its findings, that being perceived as a good Buddhist woman worked as a powerful form of career capital for the respondents in the sample, who used their faith to combat gender disadvantage in their work settings.
AB - This article adopts a socio-cultural lens to examine the role of Buddhism in highly skilled women workers' careers in Sri Lanka. While Buddhism enabled women's career development by giving them strength to cope with difficult situations in work, it also seemed to restrict their agency and constrain their career advancement. The article argues, based on its findings, that being perceived as a good Buddhist woman worked as a powerful form of career capital for the respondents in the sample, who used their faith to combat gender disadvantage in their work settings.
UR - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0950017013481084
U2 - 10.1177/0950017013481084
DO - 10.1177/0950017013481084
M3 - Article
SN - 0950-0170
VL - 27
SP - 1021
EP - 1038
JO - Work, Employment and Society
JF - Work, Employment and Society
IS - 6
ER -