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The Role of Education in Women's Career Life in Emerging Economies: A Case of Turkey

The Role of Education in Women's Career Life in Emerging Economies: A Case of Turkey
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Author(s): Seda Yıldırım (Namık Kemal Üniversitesi, Turkey), Durmuş Çağrı Yıldırım (Namık Kemal Üniversitesi, Turkey)and Selen Çoltu (Namık Kemal Üniversitesi, Turkey)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 17
Source title: Handbook of Research on Women in Management and the Global Labor Market
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Elisabeth T. Pereira (University of Aveiro, Portugal)and Paola Paoloni (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9171-9.ch003

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Abstract

This chapter aimed to explain the role of education on women's career in emerging countries. In this context, this study investigated the importance of education factor for working women in Turkey as a sample of emerging economy. For data collection, survey method was used. The survey was implemented via face-to-face method to working women in the Thracian region of Turkey. Three hundred forty-nine survey forms were conducted and analyzed. As a result, education factor was determined as an alternative tool to create greater career for women. It was indicated that education had a significant and positive effect on women's career life. In addition, it was found that educated women had a greater career, higher income, and greater promotion opportunity. This study supports that women can have a greater career and career development with higher education, and educated women can get greater and more equal work conditions in emerging economies such as Turkey.

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