Possible Ways To Manage Personal Gender-Role Conflicts In Career Development

Abstract

The paper contributes to efforts to theoretically analyze possible psychological approaches personal gender-role conflict in career development, selected in terms of causes and peculiarities of its manifestation. We suggest considering such approaches at two levels – personal and organizational ones. Personal level involves generating achievement motivation and psychological criteria for success; developing emotional competence; analyzing career and family values, identifying immediate life goals; analyzing family concepts; family counseling; psychological work with men aimed at maintaining parental identity; developing role competence; time management; psychological analysis of individual gender identity and gender experience; challenging gender stereotypes. Organizational level includes developing family-friendly workplace culture, relying on gender-specific approach in staff coaching.