for my master's degree I am searching to find a title. My study in general psychology so I prefer the field of working women.
This very week, I had two nieces inform me that they lost their executive positions in their respective industries. One was a national leader in government regulations regarding pharmaceutical products; the other was the corporate communications director handling annual reports, major project communication directives and the like.
The loss of these jobs reflect several major changes to the world of work and require modifications in the nature of career maturity. I would suggest that such changes are associated with:
1. Artificial Intelligence ... and its impact on speed, accuracy and "density" of information management and knowledge dissemination;
2. Disjuncture in the prior thinking about vocationalization and career pathing... since we are experiencing a massive alteration/adjustment to the linkage between work requirements and work progression. Unlike how a technically-oriented person would progress from carpenter's helper and proceed through the steps in building construction to become adept in a progression of jobs while benefitting from higher and higher income for doing so, New Technology has removed many intervening work roles, changed the educational requirements and shortened the variety of jobs in the progression.
3. Contingent employment ... cobbling together of several work roles... and with many changes and adjustments to these part-time roles happening quickly... places extreme stress on people simply trying to earn sufficient funds to support a lifestyle.
4. Commitment to one's institution, company, organization... is very different from what it was in the past when one had reasonable assurance her work role would continue over years of employment. Because jobs come into existence and out of existence quickly, people are experiencing lay-offs and outplacements with little or no time to make emotional adjustment to job loss. The impact of this reality has changed the level of workers' commitment to their jobs.
5. Jobs that once were located in an office environment, where everyone was housed in a central facility, can now be distributed across multi-locations, including having workers work from home... as a result of IT and its associated work tools.
6. Finally, the distribution of wealth associated with jobs in media, IT, sports, national and international executive work roles and so forth has resulted in a major gap between the rich and the poor. Meanwhile, money still defines one's access to many life necessities and social amenities.
Seriously,i do not have the exact data on the variables but, this field often include considerations for work-life balance, diversity and inclusion, remote work, and evolving career paths.
Have a look at Bright&Pryor's Chaos Theory of Careers (lots of journal articles and a book), it looks at the impact of chance events and individual's relationship to it. It's not specific to women, but is a relatively new and dynamic theory that is very applicable to working women.
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