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Managing women's post retirement career in law enforcement organisations: Lessons from developed nations for emerging economies

This paper explores protean careers US and Australian policewomen seek post retirement. Two research questions address why policewomen seek a protean career after retirement from law enforcement. The study utilised a phenomenological approach involving semi-structured interviews conducted with 40 po...

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Main Authors: Anthony, Mary *, Soontiens, Werner
Format: Article
Published: Inderscience 2018
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HD Industries. Land use. Labor
HM Sociology
Online Access:http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/860/
http://doi.org/10.1504/IJWOE.2018.091337
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spelling my.sunway.eprints.8602019-06-10T05:14:14Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/860/ Managing women's post retirement career in law enforcement organisations: Lessons from developed nations for emerging economies Anthony, Mary * Soontiens, Werner HD Industries. Land use. Labor HM Sociology This paper explores protean careers US and Australian policewomen seek post retirement. Two research questions address why policewomen seek a protean career after retirement from law enforcement. The study utilised a phenomenological approach involving semi-structured interviews conducted with 40 policewomen in middle and top management roles in the USA and Australia. Analysis of data involved coding for emergent themes based on the interpretivist research philosophy. Interview transcripts of 40 policewomen from these countries show that more than 90% of the women from the USA were aggressively seeking to develop protean careers while that was not the case in Australian law enforcement. The paper demonstrates the current situation in the USA and Australia; and how it can conceptualise models for emerging economies. It provides important lessons for women in organisations, especially in emerging economies on how to create protean careers post retirement. Inderscience 2018 Article PeerReviewed Anthony, Mary * and Soontiens, Werner (2018) Managing women's post retirement career in law enforcement organisations: Lessons from developed nations for emerging economies. International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion, 9 (1). pp. 21-35. ISSN 1740-8938 http://doi.org/10.1504/IJWOE.2018.091337 doi:10.1504/IJWOE.2018.091337
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topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
HM Sociology
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HM Sociology
Anthony, Mary *
Soontiens, Werner
Managing women's post retirement career in law enforcement organisations: Lessons from developed nations for emerging economies
description This paper explores protean careers US and Australian policewomen seek post retirement. Two research questions address why policewomen seek a protean career after retirement from law enforcement. The study utilised a phenomenological approach involving semi-structured interviews conducted with 40 policewomen in middle and top management roles in the USA and Australia. Analysis of data involved coding for emergent themes based on the interpretivist research philosophy. Interview transcripts of 40 policewomen from these countries show that more than 90% of the women from the USA were aggressively seeking to develop protean careers while that was not the case in Australian law enforcement. The paper demonstrates the current situation in the USA and Australia; and how it can conceptualise models for emerging economies. It provides important lessons for women in organisations, especially in emerging economies on how to create protean careers post retirement.
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author Anthony, Mary *
Soontiens, Werner
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title Managing women's post retirement career in law enforcement organisations: Lessons from developed nations for emerging economies
title_short Managing women's post retirement career in law enforcement organisations: Lessons from developed nations for emerging economies
title_full Managing women's post retirement career in law enforcement organisations: Lessons from developed nations for emerging economies
title_fullStr Managing women's post retirement career in law enforcement organisations: Lessons from developed nations for emerging economies
title_full_unstemmed Managing women's post retirement career in law enforcement organisations: Lessons from developed nations for emerging economies
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http://doi.org/10.1504/IJWOE.2018.091337
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